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I think I got UPN14, a shopping channel and some uninteresting government channels.  That should be more than enough for me if I just want to turn on the TV to generate some background noise.  When I was at Shaw cable&#8217;s service center, I took a look at their service plan.  The most expensive plan gives you over 100 channels.  I wonder who would needs that many channels.  Even somone watch TV 24&#215;7, he still couldn&#8217;t get the worth out of all the hundred channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discontinued my cable TV service and only keeping the high speed internet in my new place. That would save cut my cable bills to half. I figured that even I subscribed to basic cable service, I rarely watch TV. I am not even interested in watching TV. 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