Cable Bill Up?
Your cable bill has gone up with an average 4% a year? You might not realize this, but you got off quite well. According to an FCC report cable bills have gone more than 90% since the late 90’s.
In 2005 the average TV cable rate was $43, basic cable $14, and the expanded basic package was $28. Most telecommunication prices have come down because of the deregulation, but it did not work for the TV cable bills.
A frustrated customer called his provider in LA to ask for a discount (you can always try). This person was paying over $150 per month and was hoping for a 10% discount. To his surprise he got his monthly cable bill reduced to less than $100!
Cable Bill
This person is among a lot of savvy customers who no longer accept high monthly bill who keep on increasing without a good explanation. Give your local cable company a call for a discount can be a good idea.
Another solution is the internet, take a basic internet subscription, call over the internet (by using skype or other services), and watch all TV channels over the web.
March 15th, 2011 at 8:01 am
The approval of the Comcast/NBC Universal merger is probably going to the make matters worse, MUCH WORSE, as the practice of forced bundling by content producers like NBC Universal forces “CATV/SATV” providers like Verizon, DISHNetwork etc to keep adding channels their customers do not want and passing along the cost for them.
It’s long overdue the time for Congress to put an end to this unethical business practice and require an ala carte tier for customers along with the others.