After 25 minutes on the phone with Comcast/Xfinity this afternoon, I went ahead and "cut the cable." (I'm not free of Comcast, since it's apparently the only Internet provider in my neighborhood.) This should shave $70/month off the bill.
It took some amount of effort to overcome the inertia involved, but the amount that cable TV was costing was becoming fairly ridiculous -- $50+ for the cable feed, $20 for equipment rentals, and some taxes on top of that.
I had the following concerns about ditching cable:
(1) Would I be able to find all of the TV shows I watch via some kind of cheap streaming service?
(2) Would I have to abandon my beloved TiVo?
(3) What would I do to get local TV news?
(4) What about live sports?
