Save Money - downgrade your cable bill!!

I saved $70 per month by doing the following:

About a year ago, we entered into a bundle deal for phone, internet and cable (with all of the movie channels, 2 boxes with DVR) for about $195 per month. Next month, this package was due to go up $20 to $215 per month. I called my provider to see how I could downgrade my package without loosing what we valued and used the most - phone, internet, basic cable with the children's channels. There was a bundle for $140 per month (for 12 months) that included all of that. We also decided that we really did not need the 2nd cable box with DVR and that saved us another $15 per month. Our provider also said as we have been loyal customers for 6 plus years, they would include the 1 box with DVR for free for 12 months.

Now my monthly bill is $145 per month - a $70 savings from the $215 per month is was going to be. In the end, all of the extra movie channels and such were really a waste that we were not even using. I would rather read a book in my little but spare time vs. watching TV anyways.

Hope this helps some of you out there looking for ways to save some money too!!