Exploring this seriously... can anyone help with a couple Qs? We'll have Netflix and Prime under both scenarios so I'm leaving those out.
- Just found out I'm only on 75/75 Internet -- $30/month (bundled)
- Fios Preferred ($55) + Fios Sports Pass ($14) = $69/month FIOS content
- Paying $7/month for the router and $24/month for 2 set top boxes = $31 for equipment
- Govt taxes and fees = $7.62
- Verizon FIOS fees and surcharges = $16.06
So that's
$154 per month. (straight from the bill, I talked my way down to that from like $180 last year)
Looking at the cord-cutting costs:
- I can keep Verizon Internet and upgrade to 100/100mbs for $40/month + $7/month router + taxes and fees = $50
- FUBO TV = ($55) + Disney+ ($7) = $62 month for content
That's
$112/month
That's a savings of $42/month, but only if I'm really avoiding the taxes, fees and surcharges ($16) and the cost of two set top boxes ($24).
So... am I really avoiding those fees if I cut?
Overall, FUBO actually has more of the sports channels I'd watch, I don't think we lose anything the others in the fam use, and our internet speed would be slightly higher as well. I'm not seeing any downside at all outside the initial hassle -- am I missing anything?
(We'd be adding some sort of digital antenna as well, but I'm leaving that out of this calculation since it's pennies a month over time.)