Comcast raising rates on cable TV [Telecom]

Oct 26, 2008 2 Replies

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Monty Solomon 17 years ago

Comcast raising rates on cable TV

By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | October 25, 2008 The Boston Globe

Comcast Corp. is raising its cable TV rates in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Customers in those areas will see a 3.6 percent increase in their monthly bills effective Dec. 1.

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Since the cost of a wideband connection must be considered when evaluating VoIP as an alternative to POTS, this is telecom related.

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Robert Bonomi 17 years ago

What does the price of _cable_TV_ have to do with the price of a broadband IP connection? You do know you can have one without the other, right?

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In my town, you can't: Comcast demands that you pay for some grade of cable tv in order to get Internet. I dropped them entirely after the trial period for the "triple play" offering was over, so I don't have any Comcast account now.

If it's different in other areas, then it's not telecom-related, and you got me .

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T 17 years ago

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Curiously Cox has increased rates for CATV service but not for broadband or telecom services.

Put it this way, I no longer subscribe to CATV. Why? Because most of what I want to watch is available online.

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