Remember when cable cost $18 a month and there were no commercials?

[estnyc]

Between Roadrunner, Digital Cable, HDTV, two recorder boxes, one digital, one HDTV, and HBO/Cinemax, I pay a bit over $150/mo. I've just about decided this is effing ridiculous. Here in NYC, Time Warner has very clever multi-tiered pricing so that no matter what level you're currently buying, for just an eensy bit extra you can get so much more. Conversely, you don't save all that much by canceling stuff. If I cancel EVERYTHING except Roadrunner (which is great, WHEN IT WORKS), I'd still pay about $60/mo. I wonder if I can get unscrambled QAM if all I'm ponying up for is Roadrunner.

I'm beginning to think I should say the heck with it and get whatever I must watch off the Internet.

I'm also thinking of saying the heck with Roadrunner and going with Verizon's $30 or 35"naked" DSL. On paper, it doesn't offer as good numbers as Roadrunner, but my Roadrunner dies about five times a week.