{"id":2701,"date":"2023-08-28T16:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/?page_id=2701"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:08:05","slug":"the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut the cable TV cord in three easy steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-metadata ngl-metadata\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;text-align:center;font-size:12px\" data-padding=\"10px,10px,20px,20px\" data-margin=\"0px,0px\">\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa0adcee1ed4c584fa5754b6bb2f3067?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" class=\"avatar avatar-32 photo\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-author\">Jared Newman<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-sep\">|<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-date\" data-date-format=\"F j, Y\">January 27, 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cordcutting-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-table-of-contents-block ub_table-of-contents\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-83d6f7ad-b385-4308-8738-7ae9fc763461\" data-linktodivider=\"false\" data-showtext=\"show\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" data-enablesmoothscroll=\"false\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\" data-initiallyshow=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\" style=\"background-color: #587a6c; color: #FFFFFF; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\" style=\"text-align: left; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\">In this guide:<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column \">\n<ul style=\"\">\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/#0-pre-launch-home-internet\" style=\"\">Pre-launch: Home internet<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/#1-step-1-get-a-streaming-device\" style=\"\">Step 1: Get a streaming device<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/#2-step-2-try-some-streaming-services\" style=\"\">Step 2: Try some streaming services<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/#3-step-3-adapt-as-needed\" style=\"\">Step 3: Adapt as needed<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/the-beginners-guide-to-cord-cutting\/#4-want-to-learn-more\" style=\"\">Want to learn more?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Depending on how you look at it, cord-cutting can either be extremely straightforward or remarkably complex.<\/p>\n<p>I often hear from folks who see it the latter way, and for understandable reasons. It seems like every week, there are new streaming services to consider, more devices to choose from, and big changes to the options that already exist. The deeper into those weeds you get, the scarier cord-cutting starts to seem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 20px 20px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Hold up!<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is for <a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/subscribe-to-advisorator\/\">Advisorator&#8217;s paying members<\/a> only. 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