The biggest shame is that there is no cable competition allowed in my area. You either have Cox or Satellite for TV. For Internet, you have Cox or craptastic Verizon DSL. There is nothing else. Cox Internet is great, but the cable TV side is overpriced. I will be signing up for Youtube TV prior to Saturday so that I can watch the games. Dropping Cable TV and using Youtube TV will actually save me $50 per month and I will still have all the channels I have now that I care about. I would like to stick with Cox as I have a Tivo and at Tivo mini for the kids room. I like that I can store recordings indefinitely on the Tivo as I have stuff over a year old. Youtube TV allows 9 months only. That's a bummer, but I'm 75% sure I'm leaving Cox TV in the dust after this weekend regardless of the outcome of negotiations.
The ACC network has been in the works for over two years. The fact that no deal is in place is ridiculous. Also, when you do a chat with Cox and they say, "well only a couple of cable companies have deals so far because the network just launched" doesn't make me feel any better about it. In fact, it's completely irrelevant. Whoever is advising staff to use that line is not doing the company any favors. I have the streaming option in place if I need it. I've used that as a bargaining chip on pricing in the past and was told by salesmen that I'll go over my data limit if I stream. I'm not so sure about that. But, I think Cox will get their pound of flesh either way. If they have a mass exodus of TV subscribers, watch the Internet prices go up along with huge penalties for going over the data cap.