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[Bill] Is anybody else's HSI going up?

Not yet, but I still have a year left on my original contract.

All business class HSI only customers who are past their original contract period just recently had their monthly fee increased by $10.00 per month: »business.comcast.com/smb/bcichanges
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reply to RR Conductor
Most areas seem to be going up by $2 with a few (where was a thread about Chicago I believe, (hardly rural ) ) going up by $3.

the usual cost of living stuff, I suppose

In Chicago, the bundled price is going up $3. Unbundled goes up $2.

Other than enabling upstream bonding, which CAUSED problems with many modems, there has been no real enhancements. I'd bet much of that money is paying for ESPN3 and similar 'access if your ISP pays us' type sites.

reply to RR Conductor
In my corner of New England bundled Economy Plus, Performance, Blast, and Extreme 105 are all going up by $3 per month in January 2013.

reply to RR Conductor
It's going up nation wide with the exception of people on promotion or contract.

reply to RR Conductor
Blast is still $58.95 here. I looked at January's bill and no increase yet. Seems to be different for various markets.

reply to RR Conductor
I took a look at my bill from November and my bill for December.

For me, my bill went up $7.77.

To figure out exactly where, I did some research using both bills. Here is what I found out.

Using the information on Page #1 of my bill, I have the following general areas that I am billed for

•XFINITY Bundled Services
•Additional XFINITY TV Services
•Additional XFINITY Internet Services
•Additional XFINITY Voice Services
•Other Charges & Credits
•Taxes, Surcharges & Fees

In November, my XFINITY Bundled Services(Preferred Xf, which includes: Digital Preferred With Ondemand, Video Equipment, Internet Service,Digital Voice Unlimited) was $149.95. For December, that part of my bill went up $5.00, and is now $154.95.

In November, my Additional XFINITY TV Services, which for me includes the following items and cost
• 1 Set Top Box and remote (free)
• 2 additional Set Top Boxes and remotes @ 8.95 each
• Mailed copy of the Guide @ $3.39.
Total for November: $21.29.
For December, the change for me is that Comcast has increased the rental fee for each additional set top box by $1.00. Since I have 3 boxes total, this part of my bill went up $2.00 ($1 per box), and is now $23.29.

No change was noted with my Additional XFINITY Internet Services which is the cost for me to rent my Cable Modem (Arris, TM722G/CT) from them. That cost remains at $7.00.

For November, my Additional XFINITY Voice Services has the following items in it and cost
• Univ. Connectivity Chg. - Recurring @ $1.34
• Regulatory Recovery Fees - Recurring @ $0.35
Total for November: $1.69
In December, the 1st item went up 4 cents, and the 2nd went up 1 cent. So, I have an increase here of 5 cents, and my total for this section is now $1.74.

No change was noted with the section Other Charges & Credits . I have a past due balance which I'm working on paying off. Each month that I don't pay the balance in full, I'm charged $8.00. That amount did not change between November and December.

For November, the last section Taxes, Surcharges & Fees includes the following items and cost
•TV Franchise Fee @ $5.41
•TV FCC Fee @ $0.08
•Voice Infrastructure Maintenance Fee @ $0.19
• State and Local Excise Tax @ $4.30
• 911 Fee(s) @ $0.65
Total for November: $10.63.
For December, the breakdown is below
•TV Franchise Fee @ $6.01 (increase of $0.60)
•TV FCC Fee @ $0.08 (no change)
•Voice Infrastructure Maintenance Fee @ $0.19 (no change)
• State and Local Excise Tax @ $4.42 (increase of $0.12)
• 911 Fee(s) @ $0.65 (no change)
Total increase in this section was $0.72, so my total for December in this section is now $11.35.

Again, the biggest change was the $5.00 increase in my actual service. The rest of the increase ($2.77) comes from changes in Taxes, Fees, and Set Top Box rental.

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reply to RR Conductor
I just got a new bill. My HSI is going up over 6%.

What amazes me is that the cost of data communications has dropped over the past years, yet Comcast seems to find justification for a price increase multiple times the rate of increase of inflation.

reply to camper

»adsl-cable.net/guide/costs.html Actually by country not near that bad granted its old but its the newest data i could find and puts the US in fourth place price wise.
I dont consider a two dollar or even three dollar increase excessive in todays market. Hell doesnt come near the price hikes of other utilities.

reply to RR Conductor
It's still a lot of money, to most anyway.
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reply to RR Conductor
I wonder: 20 years ago (1992-93), what did you pay to watch TV or for 'telecommunications' (phone!)

reply to camper
However their business is particularly sensitive to the things that did see high price increases (not necessarily inflation) examples are gasoline, copper, insurance (both for the business and employee benefits) plus acquiring and training qualified employees (something much complained about which they have been improving on for a few years, an expensive and unending task)

I hear people often say that data transport cost are dropping, which is true in the per bitover the backbone metric, but the average demand / usage per customer is multiplying faster than the normal buildout/upgrade cycle allows for meaning costly equipment upgrades on a shorter cycle for the last mile.

The bottom line is that Comcast can raise rates whenever they feel like it, because in most markets they have no effective competition for wired HSI. It's the sad reality of a non-competitive 'market' that the FCC and Congress have ignored.

Unlike Gasoline prices that are allowed to fluctuate by 15%+ and no one can do squat about it unless you want to walk, bike or use public transportation. If you want to take up a cause, fight the oil companies.

reply to GTFan

reply to RR Conductor
Yup we have gone up 2 dollar's plus here in Central Va.
This is the 5th. year in a row of price increases. Yet
nothing to really show for it. Actually fewer channels!
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Does your area have the speed upgrades?