Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for August 10, 2024

Seriously? Who watches cable TV??

I’m surprised they even showed up on time.

Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) Cable Guy (not ancestrycom)

If they want to get inside, they should just label it “Food Truck”. The castle guards will open their gate in no time at all.

Hey. I like my “cable”. I have a landline fax (yeah, try hacking that. Ain’t gonna happen), internet, security, and on-demand movies, etc. Great service, too. Streaming? No thanks. I watch TV once a week.

So, if you pay for the seven most popular streaming channels (Paramount+, Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Disney+, and Amazon Prime), you’re paying $46/month for the basic plans or $95/month for the ad-free plans. Then add $50/month for internet access and $73/month for YouTube TV (if you want to have local stations) and you’re paying as much or more than cable.

You could eliminate some of the streaming channels and use an antenna for local channels and save some cost.

I pay for cable and get four out of seven of those streaming channels included as part of the package. My cell phone carrier pays for one streaming service as well. I don’t bother with the other two. At the end of the day, my TV costs are in line with paying for streaming services separately.

It showed up somewhere between 9am and 5pm.

“We will arrive sometime between the Second and Third Crusades.”

Troy it, you might like it.

This kinda dates it, cable TV is dying.

We’ll have someone there between 500 and 1500 CE.

Wait for the aftermarket porn channel salesmen.

Gen-Y kids will be the first generation that can’t ever say, “There’s nothing on TV to watch”!

That’ll work !