Quick post: We’ve been receiving increasingly high traffic recently, with many people typing in our URL directly.
If you have a moment, can you let us know (using the comment link below) how you heard about CancelCable.com or found our site?
Thanks for your help!
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I use Google alerts one of which looks for “Roku”, your website was listed as one that contained the search word.
A Google search of “Cable Alternatives”
A friend recommended me to you. Typed in the URL.
i googled ‘free tv’
My Tivo/Comcast setup is screwed up and I’m looking for alternative ways to watch cable contents. I googled “CNN on Roku” and this site was listed.
Found your link on Wisebread.com
I searched google to figure out what kind of antenna to use now that we don’t have cable and saw your site. Looks interesting as we have come to many of the same conclusions. Thanks!
I search for ‘alternatives to cable tv’ and you were on top of the stack
just desperate. Getting sick of paying this high cable bill and nothings on TV. Im thinking about purchasing the roku player but researching some things first.
there was an article on saving money that listed your website.
I’ve been using Netflix on our wii and on my pc while I work, and just been all around unhappy with comcast’s charges lately, looking for alternatives. I believe I just typed Cable alternatives and you were one of the top 5 that google spit out at me.
google search, watch current tv shows on netflix?
i googled “can i watch local tv on roku”
womans world jan 5 2009 was looking at a old magizine
I got here from an ABC News article about jump starting saving for a house.
Sorry if this is a repost- ABCNews.com article about how to jump start savings for a house.
I did a google search on getting rid of cable and it came up.
Doing research for my frugal living website and found you in the book 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget. Peace, B.
I came from a link on http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/01/your-guide-to-cutting-the-cord-to-cable-tv008.html
Netflix story on aol. Been thinking about ditching cable.
Googled how to watch tv without cable - chose your link.
I read a book called,”Point, Click and Save”. It recommended this site several times when talking about how to reduce your bills.
Looking on BING for alternatives to cable and you are one of the possibilities.
I did not hear about you. I found you on a search for
advise on how to connect an analog TV currently on cable to the internet.
So far it seems that I need to first convert the TV to digital, and then I can connect with a Netgear device.
Ages ago I Googled “how to quit cable” and found you. Now I just check back in from time to time to see if there are any updates….We are locked into a cable subscription until next year and my husband is not convinced that we can live with out cable….so I keep checking and hoping for day when I can cut the cord…
I googled the subject and your site came up.
I also googled “Cable TV alternatives”
04-24-2010
I found your sight by typing “Alternatives to cable TV” into Google search engine.
Thanks,
Linda
oklahoman newspaper article and my son has already done this himself
Reading Point, Click, and Save by Rachel Gordon and this site is mentioned.
HelloWallet featured you in a blog post: https://www.hellowallet.com/blog/cutting-the-cord-living-without-cable/
One Fabulous Mama on FB.
I found the site via an article on http://www.wisebread.com
I did a google search because I want to use my flat screen with just basic cable.
I google searched, How can I cancel my cable and this was the first thing that came up! Thanks for your help!!
Google search
Introduced to Roku at a relatives house,ordered one from there website paying 61 bucks for direct TV
going to cancel
Google search for
“watch fox shows on roku”
You came up #1
I typed in “how to cancel cable” after a friend told me there was a way to purchase a box and use the internet to watch tv. I still need to get college football live for my husband so doing research.
Googled how to watch tv without cable….and there you were!
Saw a blurb in Southwest Airlines Magazine, Feb 2011 issue.
I was google searching for the cheapest way to watch the specific channels I want to watch, without having to pay for bazillion cable channels.
My friend Beth has a blog called “One Fabulous Mama”. She listed your site in one of her blogs about how she and her family dissed cable.
I found you via searching “how to watch tv without cable” on Google, you were on top. This might be what I needed to convince my wife to cut the cord. There are a few shows we like a lot on USA Network that I wonder if we can still watch though. Thanks soooo much for putting this site together.
Thanks
realized how bad cable was when we started getting netflix…want to dump comcast ASAP!
I googled “how to watch TV without cable” and yours was the first site. I’d never heard of roku or hulu! Thanks!!!
I googled “can you get internet on your tv without cable”
I just “arrived” so am hoping that I will find out how to permenantly detach from the cable umbilical. Getting my tvs and computer hooked up to Internet WITHOUT dependence on cable would be PHENOMONAL!!!
Searched “hot to cut the cable cord”, led me to http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/01/your-guide-to-cutting-the-cord-to-cable-tv008.html and then to you
From this article
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/internet-tv-and-the-death-of-cable-tv-really/
I googled “cable tv alternatives options”. I’m tired of my cable company reducing services while raising prices and I don’t want to give them any more of my money! I’m also looking for ways to cut expenses.
Google search for watch TV without cable. Tired of local cable being expensive and not working good anyway.
Article on PBS.org and Google search
I found your website on this link : http://www.wisebread.com/now-its-easier-than-ever-to-cut-the-cable
I just purchase an Apple Tv, Moddified it with the Boxee app, but am searching my families favorite shows, using your wonderful site, to figure out exactly how we can let everyone have what they want with a very cheap bill a month. Thanks for your site
Google search for Watching TV without cable
I read a little about you in the book “Stop Getting Ripped Off” by Bob Sullivan.
I had heard recently about cable shows being available to receive on computers so I went searching.
Searching “roku and HBO/showtime” on Google, and found your blog among the results. I’m not ready to cut the cable (for me, satellite) cord but appreciate the showfinder and other info.
salesman at Best Buy told me about you, said he hasn’t used cable and such for 15years
HelloWallet blog post
found through old PBS article online.
did a search for an alternative to cable tv
I am starting a production and distribution project, and am exploring non cable/broadcast alternatives. I google’d “transitioning from cable to internet tv”.
TAB talk radio computer show. Sat. 9 -11 AM EST
WTIC1080.
Read about it in the book, “Point, click and save”
Google search for cable alternatives
I heard about you from a Yahoo article titled, “How To Cancel Cable And Watch TV For Free”.
Googled “can i watch current tv shows on netflix”.
googled “cancelling cable for internet tv”…connection with Comcast service decided to fail/have to wait nearly a week for repair…SMH!
A friend posted the link on FB.
I typed tv and movies without cable into the address bar
I “Googled” cable cutter movement and found this link:
http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-chat/39387-cable-cutters-turn-other-channels.html
from there I typed in your URL in another window…
google search for “watch cable tv roku”
I went to google.com and typed how to watch tv with out antena.
Good Morning American/ABC News
I linked in from a blog about how to cancel Cable and Watch TV for free while looking for new channels for my Roku
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2728361/how_to_cancel_cable_and_watch_tv_for_pg3.html?cat=2
I googled broadcast TV as recommended by my Dad who gets free TV
google search cancel cable
Got the information from SWA’s Spirit magazine on a flight last February. Just getting around to following up.
Heard about on tv.
I heard about you on TV.
google’d “alternatives to cable tv and internet” need a cheaper alternative to outrageous services!
Google sent me!
I found your website by doing a Google search for “tv reception without cable”
just wanted to find out about the digital boxes so i dont have to pay for cable anymore.
I did a google search because I am frustrated with cable company’s high prices.
I was tired of spending so much money on cable for channels we dont watch. I wanted an alternative. Thanks for your website.
Did a google search on how to watch tv with no cable.
Google search for “alternatives to cable tv”
a google search on how to watch tv without cable
I heard about you when I googled get a tv signal without cable. Get rid of cable also. Thanks for the easy instructions I’m canceling my satellite tv TODAY!
googled to find best tv without cable.
I make a search on Google about how to watch digital t.v. on analog t.v. without a box ? And I found you.
google “cable tv alternatives”
One Fabulous Mama blog
Just checking out how people with Roku wanted with an HDTV antenna on the house as they were cutting cable and Googled to here….
Googled, “with roku, do i still need a cable subscription?”
Just probing around trying to figure out how to connect my old 27 inch RCA workhorse analog TV to the Internet. Thinking of cancelling Direct TV due to the 57-channels-and-there’s-nothing-on syndrome, but love Netflix. You’ve set me on a good course. Thanks.
googled ‘roku shows not available on hulu or netflix’
I did a Google search on “cable alternatives”
Google searched “Better TV Reception” and you came up. Very interesting what you have to say, will be recommending my family and friends look into this!
You were listed in this news article.
http://newsok.com/cable-cutters-turn-to-other-channels-for-programming/article/3557559#ixzz1JK5XA66A
Google search for “alternatives to cable tv”
Google’d it.
Google search (”t.v. with no cable) No longer want to pay TW cable…rather save that 1,200 for family vacation.
i googled best way to get tv reception without cable/sat
asked the question on google
Ditto on google
googled “how to get broadcast TV”
and I found the answer! Thanks!
My friend and I just moved into an apartment about a week ago and are trying to decide if we should pay for internet and cable or just internet.
I was doing some Google research on living cableless and your site came up.
It’s been a GREAT resource tool for me and as soon as my roommate gets up, I’m going to let her check it out.
I have a feeling we will be cable free!
I just sort of stumbled on to it,,,but I have found it very useful and I am looking to get out from under the evil of cable tv. Thank you so very much.
Someone else blogged your site.
Thanks for everyone for the kind words and for taking the time to leave a comment - much appreciated and very helpful!
I typed into a search engine the words: “Cable television alternative.”
I read a little blurb about this website on an inflight magazine (Southwest Airlines, I think).
I found you through a Google search
I typed ROKU into Yippy and learned about you and lots of other good stuff.
I’ve been trying to help a friend who bought a Roku and can’t stream to her TV. I entered netflix streaming cable tv into Google and the third item down was this one. I’m going to investigate more of your site and hope to decrease my cable bill.
Doing research and came from this article;
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/01/your-guide-to-cutting-the-cord-to-cable-tv008.html
Great site and gave me enough courage to step off the ledge and tell RCN to go shove it up there…honestly, I waited for 9 hours for them to call and tell me they were still an hour away! So, I found your site, hooked up the OTA, connected it to my Tivo and voila, I was blown away. Plus I may switch out my Tivo for a Roku now. Plus I’m streaming Espn3 from a tablet pc to my tv because all my equipment sits in a different room than the tv. This site taught me everything! Thanks so much!
Oh, I found it by simply searching on Google to see if Tivo could work without Cable TV
Yahoo search landed us here because we are wondering what to do next, we quit paying for outrageous cable over 5 yrs ago and have enjoyed the extra money, but our converter box seems to have died on us so checking for the next options and even briefly considered cable, now we’ll ck out some the options you’ve list!
I did a Google search for something very specific: “best way to watch hulu plus on tv”
I executed this search because I was debating about whether I should buy a Roku, or just stick with my PS3 (for Hulu Plus). I think I’ll be getting the Roku because it offers more “channels” and seems to offer a better experience overall, since I will be able to turn off the beastly PS3 and use something specifically designed for watching movies and TV shows instead.
Found you on the Franklin Proserity Report
read a little blurb in an old issue (2009) woman’s world magazine about saving $$
searched comcast complaints. You have made my day! already have Roku, just signed up for Hulu Plus, switched my internet service to clear wireless 3g. Adios Comcast!
Googled How do we watch TV without cable and yours was the first response returned.
Heard about the site in a book I recently bought, called “The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need” by Andrew Tobias. He has a chapter full of money-saving tips, and this site was mentioned.
Thanks for all the great info on this site!
I found your site thru Whobet picks. Tired of paying high cable bill.
Andrew Tobias - Only Investment Guide
some article on techcrunch.com
I read about you after doing a search, and then found you on PBS’ “guide to cutting cable.”
From the book “10,001 ways to live large on a small budget” by the Writers of Wise Bread.
In the book I’m reading: “10,001 Ways To Live Large On A Small Budget” by Wisebread. I cut cable a month ago and have been celebrating ever since. For those of you not sure, trust me you will not miss it.
Techdirt.com
10,001 ways to live large on a small budget by the writers of wise bread. Also did a google search of how to watch TV without cable
Bob Sullivan (CNBC Business Reporter) mentioned your site at the end of his Jan. 2010 interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. (Audio is archived on the show’s website).
Bob Sullivan (CNBC Business Reporter) mentioned your site at the end of his Jan. 2010 interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. (Audio is archived on the show’s website).
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122212229
I googled “best device for viewing amazon instant watch on tv”
googled ‘best cable alternative’, first link that showed up
Googled how to watch tV without cable.
Google search: “how to watch TV without cable.” This site is #1 on the list.
Iused google search. How to watch tv without cable
Googled “how do I watch tv without cable” and this link came up! I’m still very confused and overwhelmed by the technology but appreciate this website!
My daughter told me about you!
Alternatives to cable.
Googled “How to watch sports without cable”
google search for way to watch tv for free. Thanks for the site!
Googled “should I cancel cable and get netflix” - this was the first result.
Read about it in Andrew Tobias “Only Investment Guide”
I found you guys by doing google search: demand better TV lower cable bills. You were the 4th/ fourth search result. I had never heard of you guys before.
I googled tv shows on-line
The Only Investment Guide You Will Need, a book by Andrew Tobias
Googled “cable tv alternative”, you were at the top of the search results.
I found your site while doing a Google search on “broadcast tv” I don’t use cable or FIOS although both are available to me. I’m constantly looking for ways to improve my over-the-air connection, expand my channel selection, and keep up on new broadcast channels in my area. ‘m also on alert for any attempts by the cable and phone companies to limit broadcast options.
I googled “how to watch tv without cable”
I read about you in “The ONLY Investment Guide You’ll EVER Need” by Andrew Tobias, 2010 revised and updated version (from local library).
Found you while doing a Roku search. Trying to figure out which model is right for my and looks like info is on your site. Thanks.
typed in: how to watch tv with no cable
Google search for “Cut the Cable”
I googled “How to watch tv online” and your site was one of the first ones to come up.
Google “no cable” — and thanks for this information!
I googled for term “roku fox sports” and your site was one of the 1st results.
Already got a ROKU and I’ve been testing out if it’s really going to accomplish what I want –cancel the cable, of course, but in a way that’s user friendly to our tastes in shows and movies and truly cheap when you add it all up….So I’m excited to have found your site, it looks great.
I had already googled a bunch of other things for hours, but the phrase that brought your site up was do you lose info when you use roku power?
I guess it makes sense that you wouldn’t, right? Or else you’d have to choose and load all your favorites again and that takes quite awhile. But I did have the question, so I asked it. I’m always happy to learn from the experience of people who’ve already done something I want to do! Thanks for creating this site.
Thanks, Melody
I did a Google search, watch television without cable”.
Great site! i learned/learning a lot. This will really help my daughter and her children.
Thanks!
I googled “netflix free cable.” Your site is awesome, btw.
heard about it on Fresh Air (?) a couple of years ago. visiting again because of recent trouble with netflix streaming
just tired of payng for a service i had at one point for free or really cheap. (ex. cell phone, internet, tv) im seriously thinking of a way i can buy my own antena and get these servises for free/cheap.
I heard through Google
I found you through a Google search to watch HBO online. I’m more than a little sick of paying for cable and am looking for alternatives.
Googled digital channels without cable and you were right below a YouTube video at the top
just googled cable alternatives and sports
googled “what shows can I watch on tv via Roku”
I googled “What can I get in place of cable tv?” , Im sick of our bill being so darn high and out of control and with our one income family I just can’t see the justification for cable anymore.
googled “alternative to cable tv”
Googled watching tv without cable.
Googled “don’t have cable want to watch tv”
I heard about this on NPR awile ago. I just paid my huge cable bill and am sick of it. I just Googled: “How do I get television without cable.”
MSNBC.com Red Tape when I looked for “save money on tv programming”.
i googled digital channels without cable.
Google search for dropping cable and watching over the net
A friend blogged about it and linked to you almost 2 years ago. I cut the cord immediately after. I spent around 700 initial investment but I was paying $100 a month on cable. Saved $500 the first year - well, you get the picture!
googled for cancel cable, thats it!
tired of my cable bills going up & watching only 1/4 of the channels… started searching, came across your website. Thank you!
I was researching Roku and did a Google search for “Roku” and this site was one of the results.
I am thrilled because I’ve been looking for this exact type of information in a simple to understand format. I am more than ready to cancel cable!
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge with others.
did a google search for ‘alternatives to cable’. you are the very first result. good job.
Tech Crunch web article
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/internet-tv-and-the-death-of-cable-tv-really/
did a google search looking for antenna to cancel my cable and your site came up. Thanks for the info, I’m looking forward to getting rid of cable, saving money and not wasting my family’s brains…….
Wisebread article on Facebook.
There was mention of you on MSNBC website article “How to save money on TV Service”
I just heard it could be done so I thought I might Google it and you came up. Wonderful sight!
I read about you in a Book I checked out from the library called
10,001 ways to live large on a small budget
I am so fed up with cable prices, I searched the Internet for help to get rid of this “beast”. I found and read this article from PBS, “Your Guide to Cutting the Cord to Cable TV”, by Mark Glaser, January 8, 2010.
You folks were in the references!
Mediashift article about cutting the cord to cable had a link to your site. We’re ditching satellite & using huluplus, netflix and a laptop connection to watch our shows . . . And we’re in our 60’s.
I was doing a search on reviews for Hulu and Netflix and came to this website.
Thanks for all the info.
After reading about Roku 2 on gizmodo, I googled: roku alternative to cable and found your site.
I’ve been reading a book titled 10,001 ways to live large on a small budget and you’re website is listed in it.
Thanks for the info!!!
SK
Learned about you from a Bob Sullivan broadcast msnbc
10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget
From southwest spirit magazine
Tightwad Forum on Morningstar.com
Maniac Mommies podcast
Been thinking about cancelling cable for some time and heard about your website on the Manic Mommies podcast.
Manic Mommies podcast!
Manic Mommies podcast talked about you this week
Heard about you through Manic Mommies podcast
googled “alternatives to cable tv”
Manic Mommies podcast
You were mentioned on the Manic Mommies podcast.
Manicmommies.com podcast
A Google search of “Cable Alternatives”
I googled ‘alternatives to cable tv’.
Heard about the site on the Manic Mommies podcast - http://www.manicmommies.com
Found your site on Google while researching Roku. Your different articles saved me a lot of time on further Googling ! Thanks & keep the great updates coming.
I found you though a google search for free on-line TV.
Manic Mommies, http://www.manicmommies.com/index.php/2011/10/16/podcast-homework-horrors-and-wheres-sophie-again/
I heard it on the Manic Mommies Podcast!
from manic momies website
I googled “how to get current cable tv shows through online streaming” and you came up. You had me at CANCEL CABLE.
On Manic Mommies podcast
The Manic Mommies podcast
Manic Mommies podcast (#271, 10/16/11).
I heard about you on Manic Mommies, an awesome podcast by two moms. http://www.manicmommies.com
Manic Mommies (Erin Kane).
Manic mommies
Site was mentioned on podcast “Manic Mommies”
I found you via http://www.wisebread.com
google search for ‘how to get free television”
Manic Mommies podcast
ManicMommies podcast mentioned your website
Googled non-cable tv
I am planning to cancel my Verizon FiOS service because of move to reduce cost. I will be able to live mortgage free for about 6 months to save money for a new place and looking for a way to watch TV with out the service. Thanks for showing me an alternative. This will save me hundreds of dollars in a short time. To answer your question I googled “How to watch tv with out cable”
Found you on twitter.
Typed into google: “Can I still use an antennae for television signal 2011″
heard about website on the manic mommies podcast
googled no cable on lark: I haven’t used cable for years and was thinking about challenging my students to a month of no cable.
I found your sight by googling ”broadcast tv”.
Google search “cancel cable”
Thanks for all the great info!
Found you thanks to the Manic Mommies podcast! http://www.manicmommies.com
Woot!
I searched Google on “Tivo alternative without monthly fee.”
I’m sick of paying for TV and having to watch more commercials than the TV show i’m trying to watch. I just googled TV without commercials and got your link.
googled ‘best way to watch internet tv 2011′ - cancelcable was the first site to show
Heard about you on Manic Mommies
I heard about this site from the Manic Mommies: ManicMommies.com
Read about you at http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/01/your-guide-to-cutting-the-cord-to-cable-tv008.html
Item on TechCrunch…
I googled “how to cancel cable” and yours was the top/most interesting connection to the topic.
Did google search on cheap online movies and shows
I googled the words “canceled cable need converter”! We discovered Netfilx and Hulu a few years ago. Fall of 2010 we bought a new blueray player and found out more about Internet TV. When we discovered the Roku II we canceled cable TV. Still haven’t found another way around internet charges, but we are saving a ton! Recently, I have been getting tired of watching news a day late and was pining for my local news channels and PBS stations so I googled it! Thanks for this site, all of our TV’s are “old school” and we can’t afford new ones right now.
I heard about your site while listening to one of my favorite podcasts - Manic Mommies. It looks like it has exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks!
Googled ‘can i receive hulu plus with an antenna tv’ and found this wonderful website. Will show my hubby. Also in the market for new (or newer) tv that will be compatible. This is all new. Have had antenna tv for several yrs now. Thanks for the info.
I heard about it on Manic Mommies. We have been going without cable for about 10 years, so I wanted to see what other families are doing.
A search on google for do you need cable to use netflix with HDTV? - - your site was first one listed.
Manic Mommies Podcast
Did a Google search on how to watch network tv without cable.
Googled hooking internet box to an old tv
Google search
I looked up alternatives to cable and you website popped up.
Googled free TV and your website came up. I never heard of Roku until now and am now looking forward to getting more info.
Thanks
Thanks PBS!
I went on google and searched on how to cancel cable bill and your site was the first to come up.
I googled for some favorite shows and roku and your site popped up at the top of the list.
I heard of this website on the Manic Mommies podcast.
I googled what to tv to use to watch netflix without cable and your site came up.
A friend put the link on Facebook
Google search “option to watch childrens channel”
I received a newsletter from newsmax.com
Heard about you from my daughter, who has cancelled her cable already.
searching for info on ROKU and APPLE TV and found you
I searched “alternatives to cable” and you were the first listing.
Googled “alternatives to cable”
I’ll say ditto to Angel’s comments from 09.22.11
Thank you for the SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND guide!
In Google I used the search terms:
Alternative to Cable Tivo Roku
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