For budget minded families, lowering monthly bills on expenses can be a big help and in this day and age when most of the acceptable children's television programming is on Nickelodeon, Disney, Cartoon Network, Animal Planet etc... paying for television has become a normal monthly expense.

When we began shopping for the lowest TV bill we could find, it was soon realized that there weren't that many choices to look at... There was the local cable provider, sometimes a competitive cable provider, and a couple of satellite TV system possibilities.

Unless you were going to use the cable provider for internet access and do a packaged deal, their prices tended to be much higher. So, we began looking at the satellite TV system providers.

One satellite TV system service in particular gave a great price for the entire term of service (the others only gave a great price for a few months, then increased the price), offered free equipment with a lifetime warranty, and free installation. Additionally, with this service you could even move from where you lived and they'd come and set it up again for free. Looked interesting, so we signed up on-line and gave them a call to install our new satellite TV system...

As with any hired service, it's the luck of the draw in regard to the competence level of who actually shows up to do the installation. Our first satellite TV system installer... well, let's just say we didn't have a lucky draw, but our second installer was quick and knowledgeable. He made the installation without difficulty and in no time we were up and running.

We've had no problems with the satellite TV system service since the installer number 1 incident and have been enjoying our satellite TV system ever since.

Some of the features offered through the service have proved very convenient. For example, everyone in the family can set up their own personalized TV guide with all their favorite channels. (In case you're concerned about learning a new system, my eight year old was able to learn how to use this satellite TV system in a day... )

One more important note: When I opened the first bill, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the taxes in my area (Los Angeles) were only 83 cents! What a shocking contrast to all the rest of the monthly bills... taxes are certainly not 83 cents on the phone bill!

So we've lowered our TV bill to $29.99 a month (and a few more cents for taxes) and saved substantially. If you'd like to lower yours too, click on the link below: