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Top Ten Reasons To Officially Cut The Cord
How To Cut The Cord Officially
#1- Financial (Savings Are Massive)

According to the FCC, cable prices are rising at a rate that's higher than inflation. Many expect the average cable bill to be somewhere around $130 by the end of 2016. Thats close to $1600 a year!
If you cut the cord, you'll no doubt save big. We personally think you don't even need subscription services to satisfy your viewing pleasures.

#2- Available Content
A few years ago, there wasn't much content with streaming services such as Netflix, & Sling TV. It seemed as though they had very little as to what the average consumer wanted to watch. These days there's seemingly endless content. With our signature box and services, there's virtually something for everyone.

#3- No More Cable Contracts
We are all know that contracts suck. Paying for something when you're barely home to even enjoy it and being locked into a 1-2 year contract on top of it is extremely unfortunate and down right wrong.

#4 Purposeful Viewing vs. Passively Watching Garbage

I think we can all agree that we probably watch more TV than we should. Especially if you have cable. Think about it–how often do you just turn the TV on and let it play in the background? Or sit on the couch watching reruns of one of those HGTV shows for no good reason? When you cut the cord and go with a streaming service, you're more likely to engage in purposeful watching. In other words, you aren't just going to plop in front of the TV and watch some garbage just for the sake of doing so. Instead, you're going to sit, search, and watch only when you're interested.

#5 It's Legal

Some people mistakenly associate streaming shows with illegal activity. Rest assured, there are plenty of completely legal ways to stream content. Be it sports, TV shows, movies….the means are out there. Are their illegal streaming sites out there? You betcha. But they're easy to spot, and quite frankly, you don't want to use them–they're loaded with pop-ups and spyware.

#6 Easier to Sift Through Content

Is there anything more annoying than trying to search through your cable TV provider's programming guide? Paging down through hundreds of shows you would never consider watching, trying to find that one program. Forget that! Regardless of where you choose to stream your content, you can rest assured that it's completely searchable, making it simple to sort through what you want to watch.

#7 Better Quality

OTA HD broadcasts are HIGHER QUALITY than what cable provides. Cable companies compress their broadcasts due to limited bandwidth and infrastructure costs. You probably spent good money for an HDTV…it's time to get the most out of your picture!

#8 Sends a Message to Big Cable

While cord cutting is still in the early stages (the major cable companies lost about .2% of subscribers between 2013 and 2014), things are getting worse, not better, for them. With HBO flying solo, and Apple looking to get into the game, there's no way they can ignore the shift. When you make the decision to get rid of cable, you're helping make sure that the cable companies take notice.

#9 Bye Bye Commercials

Did you know that the average child has seen 16,000 commercials in a year? That's right, their brains are being inundated with advertising. God only knows what negative effects this can cause. By getting rid of cable, you can drastically reduce, if not completely eliminate, the commercials your child is exposed to.

#10 Freedom from a Broken System

Making you pay for a bunch of stuff you aren't watching, and raising the rates in the meanwhile, is a broken system. Why should you be part of that? When you get rid of cable, you are stepping away, freely, into the future. And the future is bright (and much cheaper).