 wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA | Charter kicked to curb effective today... Installed an outdoor antenna a month ago. I get about 15 channels over the air, most in HD. Called Charter today and cancelled my service, they didn't even try to keep me from cancelling once I told them I was going OTA. Supplementing with a Netflix streaming sub., and use a VPN to access BBC programming. First time in 28 years I have not been a cable tv subscriber. The rate hikes stopped here with me this year... Hope more people cancel, it's the only way to stop the price hikes, BS fees, and garbage customer service. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | Who provides your HSI? There's a trend to shift lost video revenue into the cost of that service.
That makes sense because without real competition (not just one or maybe two others that aren't even comparable), cable, telco and wireless are like the government. They'll get their revenue one way or another. Since they aren't the government, they aren't allowed to print more by tossing a few IOUs in the social security "lock box". |
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many people have, it has not stopped anything. |
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wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA | reply to rradina
Verizon DSL, I'm within a few blocks of my CO my speeds are 13/1 (admitted, not typical of DSL). Wife keeps a landline for her to talk to her elderly mother in Germany (cell quality doesn't cut it for these conversations). Verizon DSL + phone is $72 a month. |
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hulu + netflix +ota here Broadband via cox im thinking of adding amazon if their original programming will be any good when they do it. also have a vpn |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to rradina
That's exactly what Cox is doing here. They keep shifting the price of broadband up for anyone who doesn't want to keep paying for PayTV. It's penalty pricing and they know that most "Cord Cutters" are only cutting PayTV not internet.... so they keep increasing the price of the Internet.
Caps and overages are an extension of this same idea. They are going to keep increasing their prices even if you choose not to have PayTV.
The more people turn off PayTV the more they increase internet prices.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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