billikenag said:

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Climbing bum P&L statement.

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+ backcountry ski bum, on a software engineer's salary. It's like I've glitched the matrix.

I used to work with a mountain bum at Boy Scout Camp in the Sierra Nevadas. After camp season ended, the squares (me) would head back to college, while he would get in his Tacoma, climb Yosemite in September, Kings Canyon in October, and head down to Hueco Tanks to keep climbing when it got too cold in the Sierras. By opening day of the ski season, he'd be back at Mammoth to work and ski for the season.

He used to e-mail pics to the rest of us back in school every couple months or so of him sleeping in the bed of his Tacoma and eating hot dogs he'd heat with a blowtorch between climbs. Mountain bums are not the types to have many recurring subscription expenses.

Who is your cell phone provider? Many Verizon plans include Disney, Hulu, ESPN. Maybe other incentive with other providers.

- TexAgs - want the WatchList
- Substack - I like the guy, worth it to me
- Wordpress - necessary
- Hulu / Disney / ESPN + bundle - no choice and worth 20 a month
- Netflix - would like to cut, can't. By the way, they are churning now, not growing, so yearly price increases are the future
- Prime - worth it to us
- YogaGlo - depends, mostly stays cancelled
- Hello Fresh - definition of "OK." Depends, mostly stays cancelled

- Verizon and Grande - as low as they allow us. I call every quarter
- Energy - no choice

RockOn said:

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No just a typical plan from Mint Mobile.
https://texags.com/forums/30/topics/3262361

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Yea i just switched to mint yesterday. I will be saving at least $100/month between the 2 lines.

double aught said:

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Good thread. Putting it on my watchlist, which is the main reason I pay for one Texags star. The extra emojis are just a bonus.

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The watchlist is by far the #1 feature of the TA subscription. This site would be unreadable without it.

What's the coverage map look like? Whose towers are they using?

Mint Mobile

I want to go Mint but I'm deferring for now. I could be traveling a ton across North America in the next year and I'm going to assume they aren't compatible with that.

They use t mobile towers so whatever their map looks like is what mints looks like.

I dont know why it would be an issue as long as there is t mobile coverage.

Sea Speed said:

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I dont know why it would be an issue as long as there is t mobile coverage.

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We seem to run into a lot of T Mobile dead spots out west here. Especially up and down the I-5 corridor in Washington and Oregon. Also here in Colorado.

Sea Speed said:

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I dont know why it would be an issue as long as there is t mobile coverage.

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Good to know on that. I will explore further.

I"m really, really gun shy switching mobile companies for some reason. Totally irrational. Have zero issues with changing providers on anything else in life. Lol.

We have netflix at $15
disney+ bundle at $20
amazon prime at $10
amazon music at $8.
SXM at $6
MS Office at $6
Texags at $5
HBO MAX - $0 w/ ATT cell

That's about it.
I carry YTTV during the fall for sports. It will be cutoff after superbowl.


All about $70/mo. Double it when YTTV is active lol.
My wife uses here sister's Paramount log in for that.

I'm about to lose the Hulu/ESPN part of disney, I don't think I'm getting the value ($14 out of $20) out of that.

I'm right there with you but I figure if it sucks id be able to hop right in to a new customer price with one of the major carriers. $100/month isn't chump change. Half of that bill assuredly goes straight to marketing.

I really want to like Mint Mobile, but the Texas coverage map versus AT&T is awful.

agdaddy04 said:

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Sea Speed said:

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I dont know why it would be an issue as long as there is t mobile coverage.

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We seem to run into a lot of T Mobile dead spots out west here. Especially up and down the I-5 corridor in Washington and Oregon. Also here in Colorado.

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Ran into the same issue. We previously used Metro PCS, which also runs on the T-Mobile network. I had terrible coverage at my house, so a couple of years ago we switched to Verizon. It's more of course, but at least I can actually use my phone at home.

How much are y'all without cable paying for internet? Internet is only $40ish since it's bundled with UVerse for us, but if I cancelled the cable part, it would jump to $80.

Quinn said:

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How much are y'all without cable paying for internet? Internet is only $40ish since it's bundled with UVerse for us, but if I cancelled the cable part, it would jump to $80.

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How much is the cable portion of your bill? I currently pay $75 a month for internet through Spectrum.

It's approx $80 cable, $40 internet. I've looked into cancelling and getting youtubeTV, but it's cheaper to stay bundled for me.

jtraggie99 said:

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Quinn said:

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How much are y'all without cable paying for internet? Internet is only $40ish since it's bundled with UVerse for us, but if I cancelled the cable part, it would jump to $80.

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How much is the cable portion of your bill? I currently pay $75 a month for internet through Spectrum.

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I think this is a derail and not the intended thread, though related. Cutting the cable absolutely isn't cheaper anymore. Unless you're someone who never called about your bill or you're someone who truly cancels 9 months out of the year.

My U-verse internet is around $40 (1000 mbps). My tv is roughly $80 (U300). So all in I'm just under $125 with taxes and fees. Probably switching to xfinity and similar internet and cable all in is $180. But by having xfinity Internet I can get their mobile for $80/month for two lines.

I pay $70/mo for comcast 100mbps

AggieFrog said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Why does anyone need news subscriptions?

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Paywalls, better content, and believe in supporting quality journalism are my reasons.

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lololol

a fool in his money are soon parted

I pay $60/ month for frontier fiber gig speed

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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I tried to cancel Hulu, but my wife told me I couldn't because her mom uses it.

I may downgrade to the cheaper ad-supported tier when she's not looking.

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tell her Hulu actually does allow women to subscribe

I'm getting hosed on internet I see. I'm paying $95.50 for AT&T Gig.

Guess I'll be calling them.

1) WSJ is free (or basically free) through most companies, assuming you work for a big one. I can't imagine paying for it, but also can't imagine not having it. Only news I'll read, other than F16...

2) I don't count Amazon prime, just like I don't count Sam's or Costco. I find ~$100 of annual value in the shopping service. Same day/next day is pretty clutch and prevents impulse buys / $100 Target charges when we only needed 1 item. Anything else (music, cloud storage, video) is lagniappe. Plus they very infrequently have anything worth watching IMO.

3) It was cheaper (and easier) for us to keep our DirecTV bundled with ATT internet ($100ish/month combined) than to pay for unlimited internet + more streaming/internet TV packages.

4) We had the Netflix discussion last night. My wife was pretty firm on keeping it, apparently the kids favorite 7-12 minute shows are all on there. $14/m or whatever it is going to is cheaper than paying the neighbor kid $10/hr as a "mommys helper" a few times each week.

5) Disney is hard to cut. The kids love doing "movie night" once or twice a month, and Disney movies (classics mostly) are far superior to anything on NFLX or AMZN.

I need to get HBOMax adjusted. I've got ATT for cell service and im paying $15 or so for HBO Max separately.

If I have ATT should I also be getting Max for free (rolled in)?

I think it depends on the plan you have

Stive said:

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I need to get HBOMax adjusted. I've got ATT for cell service and im paying $15 or so for HBO Max separately.

If I have ATT should I also be getting Max for free (rolled in)?

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I get it "free" with my internet which probably explains my $95 cost. Internet probably $80 without it. Ha.

Not to seem cheap, but members of my family have different subscriptions and we share.

My contribution is Netflix ha.

YTTV $70
Disney+ $6
Boomerang $3. <=== cancelling in 3 months
Cozi $3
Amazon Prime $10
G Suite $6
Crashplan $20 <=== cancelling in 2 months
iCloud $10
Netflix $15
AT&T $200 <=== plan on reworking this (3 iPhones, unlimited data, device protection, etc.)

$344/month