Cable TV

I'm going to cancel my cable TV today.  I'm a subscriber of Verizon Fios. I pay for internet and cable services along with a DVR. I used to think a DVR was the height of TV entertainment technology. Then of course, came streaming. So when the nice representative of Verizon does everything in their power to convince me to keep paying for their service, here's what I'm going to tell them.

Verizon	59.99
DVR rental	16.99
Random strange fees	15.30
Tax	7.80
Total	100.08

A month. $100 bucks a month. Notice all those lovely hidden fees?

Now let's talk about the alternative. I watch 3 prime time TV shows. Each of which is available on iTunes. They cost 29.99 for one, and 39.99 for the other two, for the entire season. Let's throw in Game of Thrones too, even though I don't get that through Verizon. 38.99 for the season. We'll divide those out monthly. Toss in Netflix and Hulu for all of your random viewing needs. Let's compare shall we?

Netflix	7.99
Hulu	8.99
Apple TV purchases (divided monthly)	12.42
Lost Verizon Bundle discount	10.00
tax	3.25
total	42.65

Less than half. Less than HALF.  On top of all that, if I record something on the DVR, I can watch it exactly one place. The TV connected to my DVR. Every one of these other services I can access from multiple devices including my laptop, which I can take anywhere. All I need is an internet connection. 

So, tell me again why I need to keep my cable service?