Cut the cord/satellite 3 years ago this June. Should have done it years earlier, but got suckered in to the grandfathered plan we could take on the road with us. Was spending over C$2000 a year to watch repeat after repeat after repeat and shows rehashed like Quincy MD, Murder She Wrote etc etc. Only kept it for the extortionate add on Sports and Wildlife channels for hubby.
Now he goes watch live on big screen TV his Hockey locally. Gets snippets of his football, and watches all the wildlife programs his little heart desires on his iPad.
FWIW, we too are rural and had absolute garbage internet for years. A couple years ago they brought in a "Hub", which so far has been awesome, and costs us less than half what we paid for Satellite alone, so we are saving a good couple hundred a month since cutting the cord so to speak. Daughter added Roku and now we have way more than enough to meet our couch potato needs ;)
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PS: We too trade markets and used to watch BNN live on TV, now get it all on line for what we need just had to learn to adjust and get used to different programmes for the same end of the day results.
