I also cut the cable last October when I moved from the city to the sticks. This was made tolerable by the fact that I'm so far out now that no cable providers can reach me and have no plans to for some time. The only mistake I made was going to Hughes Net for satellite internet. Talk about raping people! The lowest level of service they have 50/25, has a data cap and only costs $80 a month! Oh I can buy more data but then we're talking over $100 a month for crappy service that dies when it rains and a moden that has one of the weakest wife's I've ever encountered. So I'm in a fight with Hughes Net to drop my service (the guy who installed was drunk and didn't;t explain the whole deal, some of that fault lies with me) with a termination fee of $270! Since I have another year at $89 a month that almost 1k. To pay the $270 may be the best option to get them out of my house!

I can use unlimited data on my cell phone for $40 a month, get a better connection which translates to better speed. I also have an outside antenna and pre-amplifier so I can get several channels of local anyway.

I guess what I'm really saying is don't go with Hughes Net, they are a bigger rip off than cable companies, something I thought was impossible!