It felt good to cut the cord

We finally got rid of cable...and wow did it feel good!  I'll be honest, I've been tied to cable for several reasons, but mostly because I am a sports fanatic and needed my live sports.  Honestly,  switching also seemed to be such a hassle.  It was what we had, and it seemed to just work.  However, the latest bill increase was ridiculous....absolutely crazy.  Overall our bill (it does include internet and telephone) had increased 44% in five years...well beyond the rate of inflation!  I'm sure we were being offered more, but that doesn't make it better.  We finally found a streaming service that was heavy on sports and also carried all of our local channels.  We signed up for the seven day free trial, and we are SOLD!  We were going to carry a minimal cable package to fill in a few of the channels we like that we couldn't get on our streaming package, but the quality was abysmal.  Of course, the cable company tried to tell us that we needed to upgrade our internet, but the streaming service we are using comes in just fine and we are thrilled.  It felt amazingly freeing to cut the cord to cable for good last evening!