Just chatted with Shaw online on behalf of my father, as switching to Limited + SN + TSN would save him $12/month compared to Personal + Sports1 that he currently has. The agent was appalled that I would be losing over half of the TV content (that my Dad doesn't watch), and said I was much better off and got better value with the current package, especially if my Dad likes sports! My proposed package would keep all of the same sports channels, and only lose 7 HD channels that he rarely watches (HGTV, Food, YTV, Muchmusic, History). The two channels he might miss are CBC Newsworld and Frame.
The kicker, though, is that he gets a $5 credit on the current plan that is equivalent to his rental fee for two boxes (1 SD, 1 HD) that he rents from Shaw. With the proposed changes, that credit would no longer apply. So the savings would shrink to $7/month.
Probably not going to change things at this point.
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