Umm, not really true, at least in part. Cutting the cord means breaking the fixed tie (and high monthly cost) with traditional cable/satellite services. Including fixed contracts. It really means eliminating contracts and paying a much smaller monthly cost to get "most" of the same channels you get with cable and satellite. I dropped DirecTV because I was tired of 2-year contracts (and their restrictions) and ever increasing monthly costs. I was paying around $225.00 a month with DirecTV. I pay $50.00 a month for Hulu + Live TV. Amazon Prime Video doesn't cost me anything because my employee pays for it. That's a huge savings per month. And no contracts!! All in HD. I don't get AMC (yet) but that's not an issue for me. If you mean paying $0.00 per month (or near zero monthly cost), there are threads here that have discussed how to do it, if you can live with the restrictions.Cutting the cord then turning around and spending $50 on a service defeats the purpose of cutting the cord in the first place.