Every major communications company either has a streaming service or in the process of launching one. What does that mean for your wallet?

Lately it seems as if everyone is looking for options to help them“cut the cord” from cable to save money on ridiculous cable and satellite television bills. Cable and satellite coerce customers into paying exorbitant fees for bundles of channels that most do not even watch.

The highly anticipated teen Netflix series out of Columbia attempts to tell an exciting story of romance between a beautiful slave girl and her wealthy Spanish-American slave-owner. We’re going to need a glass of wine for this.

People flocked to streaming services because of the exorbitant pricing of bundled cable and satellite television services. These bundles forced consumers to pay upwards of one-hundred dollars for 5-10 channels that they actually watch because services bundled those handful of channels to only be purchased with the addition of 200+ other channels. Not only that, but Netflix offered consumers convenience. Soon, other streaming services followed suit and illegal downloads fell. So what happened?