Cable internet without TV; any comments?

[oldjones]

I currently get my TV from an antenna; we haven't had a Rogers hook-up since we bought the house and had the cable removed. But I'm fed up with the erratic internet throughput of my Bell landline and I'm considering TekSavvy or another 3d party reseller.

My understanding is the physical wire and my location relative to the Bell substation impose limitations to landline service that TV cable can improve on. But obviously I'll have to actually get a cable strung over to my house, which opens me to Rogers TV sales pitches at a minimum.

TekSavvy says they can make the whole thing happen, phoneline or cable, but they don't exactly feature any downside aspects. Like salespitches. Does anyone have any comments? Especially on getting that internet-only cable drop? Should I just surrender and get basic cable?

 

[Cray]

I'm using Teksavvy with a Boxee Box. While it isn't live TV, the Boxee is like Apple TV on steroids. There are a lot of shows, apps and movies not available on standard cable, together with a lot of the normal shows. Also has an internet browser so you can do everything on the TV screen. I've been about 3 months now without cable TV and don't miss it.

 

[Cassini]

Teksavvy will eliminate a considerable amount of Bell grief.

 

[b1icaj27]

I have cable Internet only as well. no issues at all. I use a WDTV with a US Netflix account and no one in my house misses cable tv. (check out unblock-us.com if you want to do the same)

 

[Rockslinger]

Interesting comments. I pay Rogers $60 a month to get Blue Jays, Leafs, BNN and the news.

 

[danmand]

I used internet only from cable for many years, before I got rid of my antenna and added basic cable.

 

[splooge]

I'm using Rogers w/o cable tv... I don't get as much spam as I thought I would... perhaps twice per year.

 

[Rockslinger]

And that probably doesn't include the cost of the digital box either, does it?

The digital box retails for $318 at Wal-Mart.