I'm going to align with MattyC on this one. I'd gone for extended periods (a year at a time for example) without cable and found it was generally convenient. Of course whenever Shaw/Telus called with a killer promo I'd still jump on it.
Over the past year I've had a combo of OTA (HD) channels for local news, Netflix for Movies and Series, and MLB.TV for sports (didn't get the NHL this year, screw them).
The sports packages definitely eat up the cable "Savings" but the convenience and quality makes it totally worthwhile. You don't know convenience until you can watch a great baseball game while waiting for/on a commuter bus. Brilliant.
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