I know it’s early, but I’ve already seen the stockpiles of tinsel and garland waiting to burst into the holiday aisle of your local CVS the minute the last trick-or-treater knocks on your door. For those potential cord cutters fretting about missing their favorite holiday movie, don’t worry. There are plenty of ways to get [Continue Reading]
Cord Cutting News
Verizon Wireless Unlimited Plans Include Disney+
Big news from Verizon Wireless! They just announced customers with an “Unlimited” plan would receive a free year of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, when it launches on November 12th. This deal is for new and existing Verizon Wireless customers. With that announcement, and being a Verizon Wireless customer myself, I wanted to cover the differences [Continue Reading]
Early Black Friday Deals for Cord Cutters
Philo Gift Promotion When you sign up for Philo plus it will only cost $16.50 for 6 months. That’s 6 months of Philo Plus for just $99. The best part is not only can you get this for yourself, but Philo gives you the option to order the promotion in the form of a physical gift [Continue Reading]
The Real Story on Pay TV Subscriber Losses
The traditional pay-TV industry has been in denial of cord cutter for years. In 2014-2015 you couldn’t turn on cable news without some pundit claiming internet-based live TV streaming services couldn’t replace traditional cable TV. A similar denial is still occurring, only this time the industry is padding their losses with data from over the top (OTT) streaming [Continue Reading]
Has Cutting The Cord Improved You Life?
My wife and I cut the cord about four years ago. Like everyone else thinking about making the switch, we fretted about what we might miss. Additionally, I was shocked about how little I missed. When we had cable, my wife and I would watch about 2-3 hours of TV a night. TV became a [Continue Reading]
Cord Cutting Saves Americans Billions
Those of us who have found other ways to watch TV without cable already know that cutting the cord can save tons of cash. However, there are many naysayers that say that cord cutters wind up getting too many services to make it that much cheaper than pay-TV. Well, a recent study has finally put [Continue Reading]
Apple’s New TV App May Be A Game Changer
One of the biggest complaints I hear about cord cutting is having content spread across multiple apps and services. Streaming devices like Roku have instituted universal search in their devices, which search multiple services. However, there still isn’t away to browse for ideas without going into each app separately. Apple may have solved that problem. [Continue Reading]
Get Cord Cutter News Updates
There are occasions where news happens in the cord cutting world that doesn’t make it into a blog post on Grounded Reason. In situations where a channel gets added to a streaming service, or Netflix picked up a new series I just update a relevant post on the blog. That means it doesn’t come to [Continue Reading]
Pay TV Fees are Going Up in 2016
With the decline of cable TV subscriptions, one would think cable and satellite TV providers would do something to bring in more customers. The Pay TV industry seems to disagree. Apparently most major pay TV providers plan on raising their fees next year. According to Gerry Smith at Bloomberg: “In the coming weeks, Time Warner [Continue Reading]
Amazon Prime for $67! One Day Only
Yes, you read that right. Starting tonight at 12:00 Eastern Time and ending at 11:59 Pacific Time, Amazon will offer new Prime Members a special price of $67 for the first year of prime. Sign up for Prime here. What Prime Has to Offer I’ve covered the benefits of Amazon Prime before, but let me [Continue Reading]