Cable Bill

Cable bill increases are going to hit you again this year. Last year the average price for a monthly cable subscription was $75 and a lot of customers where paying more than $ 100.

Cable Bills

This year the average price increase will be 5%! This means that at this rate you will be paying $95 a month for TV in five years.

The reason for these increases are that cable companies make huge investments which not always pay off, so they need to find a way to get those costs covered. They do this by milking the cow which (they think) cannot go elsewhere, meaning you, the loyal cable subscriber who wants to see the popular shows.

But now all cable companies are faced with web-based television, with content for free or for almost nothing. Various services are available which offer you your favorite show for nothing or for a small fraction of your monthly cable bills.

The question is how are cable companies going to catch up? A lot of their customers already found out that they can see much of their favorite shows through internet services which costs much less than cable. So far cable companies have not yet figured out how to adapt to the way the web distributes contents. If you like to reduce your cable bill you should consider the alternatives the internet offers to your cable company.