said by bparanoid5:I went with OTA in May 2011 and couldn't be happier. For giggles I decided to pull out all of my Rogers Cable bills going back to 2002 (i'm a bit of a pack rat)
I did the same thing for a
blog article but with Bell Satellite. It was quite enlightening to look back at the fee increases.
2000 - The Works - $51.95
2001 - The Works - $52.95
2002 - Ultimate 9 - $64.99 (included $1 for US networks)
2003 - Super 9 - $52.99 (we switched from Ultimate to Super in Dec 2002)
2004 - Super 9 - $54.98 (the $2.99 "System Charge" is introduced)
2005 - Super 9 - $57.98
2006 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $57.00
2007 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $61.00
2008 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $64.00 ($3 "Digital Service Fee" is introduced)
2009 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $68.00
2010 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $70.00
2011 - Digital Standard + 5 themes + HD - $74.00
2012 - Digital Standard + 3 themes + HD - $70.00 (we dropped some programming)