<div dir="ltr">Decent question.<div><br></div><div style>I am almost certainly giving up some real-time access to sporting events, but that's my choice. I could sign up for MLB.tv, which would give me Internet access to every MLB game, Jays and others, for $20 a month.As it is, one of the few sports I *do* want to watch (cricket) is an extra cost option on Rogers anyway. If you have Bell, Sportsnet One is an extra cost package; ditto for TSN2 if you have Rogers. So I'm just glad to get away from that mess.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Real-time access to news is not sacrificed, given so many Internet news sites (including ones I trust that aren't on Canadian TV)</div><div style><br></div><div style>The Comedy Network puts Stewart and Colbert online; that's already a big chunk of my routine viewing. Many other cable networks put their shows online. I will pay for access *or* endure commercial to get the content I want, it makes no sense for content to demand both.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If I want paid media services such as movies and TV, I will get Netflix for $8/month (plus extra, perhaps, for access to US-only content); if I am able to subscribe to Hulu plus I might do that) .There are many other paid and free channels on Plex if I want them. And I still have access to newer PPV movies via Google Play etc</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>What I expect to miss the most is just putting on mindless random video background noise after a day of work. That's what Rogers' line-up is best at :-P</div><div style><br></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 April 2013 16:54, John Moniz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.moniz@sympatico.ca" target="_blank">john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 04/20/2013 01:37 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:<br>
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Hi folks.<br>
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Well, my kids have been badgering me to stop paying stooopid prices to Rogers and I'm ready to leap, switching my Internet and dumping my cable TV completely in favour of Internet/Netflix/Usenet/etc.<br>
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Evan, what are you giving up with this move? Let's say you want to watch the Jays, which are not carried on CBC or CTV, would you still be able to do it or would you have to give that up?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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