{"id":1270,"date":"2018-12-15T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2018-12-15T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T17:26:56","slug":"t-minus-2-months-to-cut-the-cord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"T Minus 2 months to Cut the Cord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; And this is why we are just about to complete the Cord-Cutting process.<\/p>\n<p>We got 1 Gig speeds a few months back, an <a href=\"https:\/\/eero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eero<\/a> mesh system about a month back, I rewired a few outlets around the house to prepare for Rokus, Ethernet, etc. Only step left is our media server setup, a <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.denon.com\/us\/product\/hometheater\/receivers\/avrx3500h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receiver<\/a> to purchase, some speakers for ceiling surround and patios. Then, just software packages &#8211; which I&#8217;ve already filtered.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting the Cord gets less expensive\/more competitive monthly. My satellite goes the other way.<\/p>\n<p>Received this email this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?attachment_id=1271\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1271\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?attachment_id=1271\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?fit=763%2C706\" data-orig-size=\"763,706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;dave foxley&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1544869072&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"direcTV\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?fit=300%2C278\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?fit=763%2C706\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?resize=300%2C278\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?resize=300%2C278 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/direcTV.jpg?w=763 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; And this is why we are just about to complete the Cord-Cutting process. We got 1 Gig speeds a few months back, an Eero mesh system about a month back, I rewired a few outlets around the house to prepare for Rokus, Ethernet, etc. Only step left is our media server setup, a receiver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[76,7,47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2toiQ-ku","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1174,"url":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1174","url_meta":{"origin":1270,"position":0},"title":"Finally Alive, deuxi\u00e8me partie","author":"admin","date":"0909.0101.1717","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay ... as soon as my computer was up a few weeks ago ... it was down. 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