We dropped our cable services a few years back just because they’ve added so much in additional costs. Instead we signed up for YouTube tv, which costs $65/mo, but you can have 5 accounts on a family plan. So we added 4 of my buddies to the account, and everyone pays about 1/5 of the cost. The only catch is that they have to sign in to watch YouTube tv in the home area code once every 90 days. To get around this I just had them all sign into the YouTube tv app on my phone, and when they get the message that they need to sign into the home area, they text me, I sign on as them, watch shows for a few seconds, and then they are good to go.

With YTV you can also record any movie or show, I now record all football games, and do yard work or whatever for the first hour, and then start the recording from the beginning and can fast forward through all commercials for the entire game. I haven’t watches a game with commercials in years.

I highly recommend it as an alternative, providing you have a few close friends who are also open to it. Takes a little extra work re:90 day sign ins, but it’s so worth it.

Also, you can buy a modem and router on eBay or whatever for pretty cheap and can also save on that monthly rental fee.