Programming costs drive increases for subscribers FORT WAYNE – Comcast customers with the “triple play” lineup of cable, phone and Internet will pay $5 more a month on average as the industry continues to get hammered by rising programming costs. The fee increases begin April 1, officials said Tuesday. Triple-play customers pay between $120 and [...]
NORMAL — Comcast cable television customers will see about a 2.7 percent increase in many of their rates beginning March 1. Basic service will remain unchanged at $15.99 per month but other services, such as expanded basic and various digital packages, will increase. Expanded basic will increase from $40.51 to $43.96; digital starter package from [...]
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is denouncing cable giant Comcast for a pending increase in rates, saying the added charges would fall hard on seniors on fixed incomes and financially struggling families. In a two-page letter dated today, Menino writes that he was especially frustrated that basic cable rates had climbed for three consecutive years, from [...]
Most Comcast Cable customers throughout East Central Illinois will pay more for cable service beginning March 1. Expanded Basic Service will cost about $48.09 a month, up about 7.7 percent from $44.65. The Digital Starter Package will cost $59.95 a month, up 6.1 percent from $56.50, and the Digital Preferred Package with HBO or Showtime [...]
Comcast plans to raise cable prices for Issaquah customers and set uniform prices for the entire city. The cable giant intends to raise the price for most Issaquah customers from $ 12.08 for the limited cable starter package to $ 13.22. The digital starter package increases from $ 37.52 to $ 39.99. Customers [...]
BELLINGHAM – Comcast customers could be paying increased cable bills in three different ways if city officials decide major changes are necessary to a franchise renewal agreement with the company. That information comes from a report city staff members have placed on the city’s website before they give City Council members an update on [...]
Local subscribers fret, kvetch about looming e-mail and Internet service changes. HARPSWELL — Early in July, Comcast announced that big changes — including faster Internet connections and, for some, upgraded video and telephone service — were coming soon for its customers. Subscribers also received notice that former customers of Susquehanna Communications (Suscom), [...]
After my column last week about the necessity to get new digital adapter boxes for some Comcast subscribers (standard cable subscribers, that is), I got a flood of responses from people with problems making the transition. I thought I’d share a few so you can get a better idea of what to expect if [...]
Change DMA to Location Change MSO to Cable Company Affected Package % Increase New Price Old Price $ Increase Affected Areas Change Additional Copy for Media to Notes Source Seattle, WA Comcast Digital Starter 3% $ 57.45 $ 55.75 $ 1.70 Seattle Broadband prices won’t change, but cable TV is getting more expensive. The [...]
Change DMA to Location Change MSO to Cable Company Affected Package % Increase New Price Old Price $ Increase Affected Areas Change Additional Copy for Media to Notes Source Spokane, WA Comcast Digital Starter 2.30% $ 74.44 $ 72.74 $ 1.70 Spokane Comcast Corp. is raising Spokane cable rates an average of 2.7 percent [...]