Let’s call this Part II of my previous post, “to TV or not to TV”.

After evaluating both Time Warner cable and AT&T U-verse, I made a decision. I’ve canceled both. I canceled AT&T last week, and Time Warner bit the dust today.

My primary reason for dumping AT&T was a technical one. The audio on all of the HD channels would cut out for about a half of a second – just long enough to be annoying – about every minute or so. It was extremely frustrating. Apart from that, I found that service was about the same as Time Warner cable…so there wasn’t really an advantage except for a slight price difference.

Once I canceled AT&T, I left my Time Warner box unplugged for a few days and never missed it. This served as confirmation of what I already suspected: I’m not really going to miss anything (except a $80 cable TV bill).

As for the internet, I didn’t really notice much of a difference between Time Warner and AT&T. Time Warner charges $50/month whereas AT&T only charges $35/mo, so I kept AT&T for the internet. I’m downgrading from 7mb/1mb to 6mb/512kb, but that’s not a significant difference for my use. Hopefully I won’t regret switching. Time Warner has always been extremely stable for me, and AT&T is a sort of unknown in that regard.

Stay tuned for Part III. I’ll post my thoughts on what life is like without cable TV in a month or so.

Filed under: General, Technology by Travis