i do not own a television.
[{"role": "system", "content": "In broadcast television, cord-cutting refers to the pattern of viewers, referred to as cord cutters, cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel subscription television services available over cable, dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV viewed in response to competition from rival media available over the Internet such as Amazon Video, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, Sling TV, and YouTube. This Internet content is either free or significantly cheaper than the same content provided via cable. As a market trend, a growing number of \"cord cutters\" do not pay for subscription television in favour of some combination of broadband Internet and IPTV, digital video recorders, digital terrestrial television and/or free-to-air satellite television broadcasts. A related group, the cord-nevers, have never used commercial cable for television service, relying on internet sources from the start. A number of purely internet television services, part of the wider IPTV concept, have emerged to cater to these groups. Parks Associates estimated that in 2008, about 900,000 American households relied entirely on the Internet for television viewing, and the company expected that number to increase.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've recently started cord-cutting! I've canceled my cable television subscription and started using online service providers."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Nice.  I have been thinking about doing that but have not taken the step yet.  Is that getting commonplace"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is! It was estimated in 2008 that about 900,000 American households relied entirely on the Internet for tv viewing, I'd imagine that number is much higher today!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I bet.  With the increase in popularity of Netflix and Hulu, there is not much you can't watch online anymore"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, and don't forget about Amazon Video, iTunes, Sling TV and YouTube! With all those options, cable tv seems like a giant waste of money!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "The only thing I would really miss is watching all of my live sports.  Does anything on the net offer that option?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think you'd have to purchase a special package, like MLB at Bat or the NFL online package. But with most Internet content being significantly cheaper than cable, you'd probably still save money!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Plus, I do not have to sign a big long term contract!"}]