Time Warner, Comcast, Dish and AT&T are upping the price for their services

[SpaceJam 292]

In the coming weeks, Time Warner Cable is raising its sports programming fee by $2.25 to $5 per month and its broadcast programming fee by $1 to $3.75. Comcast, the biggest U.S. cable company, will increase its broadcast fee by $1.75 to $5 and its regional sports fee by $2 to $3. Phone and satellite companies are planning similar increases, which vary depending on the package. All say the moves are because of the rising cost of carrying broadcast and sports networks.

For consumers, higher bills have become an annual routine, giving them added incentive to cancel service and join the legions of so-called cord-cutters who piece together their entertainment habits with a growing array of online streaming services. The industry is experimenting with new models to attract them. In the past year, Time Warner’s HBO, CBS Corp.’s Showtime and others have introduced online versions of their networks that don’t require cable or satellite subscriptions.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article51489190.html

[pink sushi 4,351]

Who watches cable tv anyway these days? It's all about the Internet! 

[President Biden 5,898]

No not at&is my contract with them already sucks

[Emvee 8,867]

Greedy swine. 

[Evan Peters 10,796]

good thing i use none of those 

[Seeka 12,372]

If they don't get their hands on Net Neutrality, they're doomed.

 

However, as long as tumblr and millennials exists, I doubt that'll happen. I know something like ACTA got passed in secret, but I doubt net neutrality will enter their greedy little money grubbers.

It's honestly no surprise. There's so much streaming and downloading of shows, there's no real point to cable. And so many things were already free or could be watched online before streaming services.

You could easily send the rest of your life anymore without cable or dish television, and if you need something, antenna is free after you buy it and just piggybacks on signals.

[me069 284]

I have read so many stories about Comcast that are so out of this world that I start to wonder if they are true. They literally do whatever they want to and don't give a flying scheisse. Were they the ones who were capping the monthly user bandwidth to 30 mb just because?

Also is changing the price of the service possible grounds for contract/subscription termination?

And I am still shocked how many people are paying loads of money for cable when you can get so much more from the internet. 

[Pacify Him 9,073]

Ugh. AT&T can't even keep up with the speed as TWC and still cost the same

but I don't have cable nor will ever want one and I dislike sports so I'm unaffected