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What does your TV setup actually cost over five years? Not the advertised price — the bill. Enter your own line items and compare the total against a licensed IPTV subscription, itemized rather than asserted.
Short answer
How much does cable really cost vs IPTV?
The advertised cable price is typically only part of the bill: equipment rental, broadcast TV fees and regional sports fees are added below it, and the promotional rate steps up after year one. A bundle advertised at $70/month commonly bills over $100 by month thirteen. A licensed IPTV subscription like EyePTV bills the number on the pricing page — $4.29/month effective on the 12 months plan — with no equipment rental and no fee lines. This calculator adds up both sides from your own numbers.
| Monthly (real bill) | Year 1 | 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your current setup | $100 ($130 after promo) | $1,200 | $7,440 |
| EyePTV (12 Months + 2 bonus months) | $4 | $51 | $257 |
| You keep | $1,149 | $7,183 |
The defaults are editable placeholders in the range US bundles commonly advertise — replace them with the line items on your own bill; the totals recompute as you type. EyePTV’s figure is the 12 months + 2 bonus months plan ($60 billed once, 14 months of access) from the pricing page, which is the authoritative source.
Why the advertised price is not the bill
The four line items people forget
The advertised price
The number in the ad is a promotional rate for the first 12 months on most US bundles. It is real money, but it is the floor of the bill, not the bill.
Equipment rental
Set-top boxes, DVRs and sometimes the modem are billed per device, per month. A three-TV household routinely pays for three boxes. IPTV has no equivalent line because the apps run on hardware you already own.
Broadcast & regional sports fees
Fee lines added below the advertised price that cover local affiliate and regional sports carriage. They are neither optional nor included in the advertised rate — which is precisely why they belong in your math.
The post-promo cliff
When the promotional year ends, the base rate steps up to the standard rate. Most people discover the size of that step on the bill itself. Put it in the calculator, not in month thirteen.
The honest caveats
What the lower number does not buy
A cable bundle buys three things IPTV cannot fully replace: a contractual guarantee of every local affiliate in your exact market, a technician who visits your home, and a single accountable provider for TV and internet together. For some households those are worth real money — that is a legitimate answer, and this calculator will still show you what you are paying for them.
IPTV also depends on your internet connection. If your line is unreliable at 9pm, a cheaper subscription moves the problem rather than solving it. Budget 10 Mbps of sustained bandwidth per 1080p stream and 25 Mbps per 4K stream before counting the savings.
And regional sports blackouts apply to every licensed carrier identically — cable, streaming bundles and EyePTV alike — because they are written into the rights agreements themselves. Any provider claiming to be an exception is telling you something else about itself.
FAQ
Cost questions
How much does EyePTV cost?
Plans run $19.99 for 1 month, $29.99 for 3 months, $39.99 for 6 months, and $59.99 for 12 months — and the 12-month plan includes 2 bonus months, which works out to about $4.29 per month versus $19.99 month-to-month. Adding simultaneous streams is discounted too: 20% off for 2 devices, 25% for 3, and 30% for 4. The cost calculator can show your exact price for any plan and device combination.
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