But I assume it would have gone up if you kept the TV? So in the end, net savings.

We let our cable go ages ago and don't miss TV much at all.

I call the cable company, Comcast, every year to complain when the discount promotion ends and they extend it again for another year. We would just get rid of it and rely on broadcast, netflix and hulu but we get the phone and internet in a bundle and currently the TV part of that is only $50/month.

Call them back and tell them you're going to drop the internet too unless they can give you a better price. That usually does the trick. In today's conpetitive market, they can't afford to lose customers and they're almost always able to offer lower pricing if you threaten to take your money elsewhere.

Lately Time Warner has been funny about discounts. I called two weeks ago to price digital phone, because they're always mailing out crap about it, and the price they quoted wasn't competitive at ALL, and I said so, and the reply was basically a shrug. Today, the rep didn't even seem to care that I was cancelling the cable tv and made no counteroffers at all. She was much more interested in talking about the thunderstorm outside.

Yeah, I've read that the counteroffer stuff is much stingier these days.

You could always shop around for a better rate, and then quote the rate when you call to tell them you're cancelling. It's worth a shot.