I finally did it.
Today, I cut the cord with my cable provider. Bon voyage Cox Communications. (This is part of a personal streamlining project of sorts. A few months ago, I killed my intermittent Nextiva landline and haven't missed it one iota.)
Like millions of people, I have been less than satisfied with my cable experience over the years. Back in my New Jersey days, my Comcast cable service was hardly flawless, not that was alone in my disgruntlement. The cable industry has long earned the wrath of its customers and it consistently ranks among the most hated of all US industries. I suspect that a decent percentage of all cable-related tweets resembles this one:

Give Cox credit for at least responding to customer tweets.
It'll only take a moment.