I have never had the pleasure of paying to watch TV. That is, never subscribed to cable, satellite, or TV-over-copper from anyone.

Instead, I put the money into OTA gear early on, and a MythTV setup (very old outdated version now, but configured to be usable..) for PVR and advertisements removal. This has worked well.

But these days I mainly download stuff.

Internet here is currently CAD$35/month for 300/20 mbits/sec. That's a six month promo offer, after which it theoretically might cost as much as CAD$80/month, or as little as the current $35, depending on the outcome of regulatory appeals.

Telephone is about USD$5/month from voip.ms over the internet connection, and mobile phone is CAD$45/month with a 2GB data allowance.

Expensive stuff, but better to send money to 2-way multi-use services than simply to a 1-way consumption provider!

Cheers