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Cartt.ca INVESTIGATES looks at cord-cutting. Real, or baloney?

Are consumers kicking the TV habit and cutting the cord? Probably more than the numbers showBy Doris MontaneraLAST FALL, JUST BEFORE THE annual onslaught of new television programming was scheduled to air, a few friends and I discussed cutting the cord. One couple said they were doing it in mid-September. Another said they weren’t going to give up cable altogether, but they were going to trim. The third set, my husband and I, didn’t say anything. We had already shaved to a basic package plus kids’ programming.Fast-forward a few weeks. The ones who planned to trim, did. They had wanted...