Cable bills in New York keep going up. A basic package can cost $80 or more each month, and half the channels sit there unwatched. That is why a lot of people in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx are switching to IPTV instead. But here is the part most people skip. Before you hand over your card, take the IPTV free trial. It usually lasts a few hours to a couple of days, and it tells you more than any review page ever will. New York internet is not the same everywhere. A building in Manhattan with fiber runs very differently from an older apartment in Staten Island on basic cable internet. Your neighbor might get a perfect picture while your stream freezes every few minutes. The only way to know is to test it on your own connection, in your own apartment, on your own TV.