A long time Rogers customer (or should I say hostage?), I’ve been becoming more and more unhappy with not only the quality of my traditional media services, but also the inflated pricing and lack of caring customer service. I’m also ethically opposed to corporate monopoly and incredibly sick of the stranglehold that companies such as Rogers and Bell are allowed to have on Ontario. So I’m finally pulling the plug.

I’ve cancelled cable at our Toronto place. It’s not that I don’t enjoy watching TV. I love TV! I mean, I get so much more accomplished when I’m not watching TV, but that’s beside the point. I’m way behind, anyway, I need to get working on my list. I haven’t even seen a single episode of The Sopranos yet. How lame is that?

The thing is, I hate waiting. Patience has never been one of my strong suits, and when it comes to waiting for a TV show, I just won’t do it. I’d rather download it and watch the whole season, which is what I’ve been doing lately. When I finally got around to watching Sons of Anarchy (which I loved!) I barely saw another human for about 2 weeks.

To cut a long story short, I’ve been thinking about joining Netflix for a while. Since I’m on my own at home in the country this weekend, I decided to go for it last night. At first, I thought I was in for a disappointment, because as soon as I signed up, I realized my Macbook was too old to run Microsoft Silverlight and thought I wasn’t going to be able to watch anything. Luckily, before I got too grumpy, I remembered Netflix had an iPad app. I logged on and was watching a show in no time.

This opens up a whole new world for me. Take right now – I’m sitting at home in a rural area not serviced by cable companies, and I’m typing away on my laptop while watching Misfits on my iPad. I’ve had zero issues streaming shows, I haven’t had to sit through any commercials and I can pause my show whenever I want. Hell, it’s on my iPad, I can take it to the bathroom with me if I want. And all for $8 a month? Count me in!