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cork1958
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Re: [HSI] Charter Broadband Only $5 Fee?

said by Dampier:

One of our readers found a new $5 surcharge on his bill for broadband-only service which takes effect Feb. 25 in Reno. Is this typical for Charter in other cities? Has this always been the case? Or is it something very new.

I have a very hard time trying to wrap my head around Charter's rate increases because they are all over the place.

Charter has ALWAYS done this and as stated by Ryan818, it did use to be $10.

I think most cable company's do this also, although not positive.
TBBroadband
join:2012-10-26
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As you've stated, every cable company charges this. Most is $10 per month. Nothing new here.
krudl3r
join:2005-06-29
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But will they get rid of the fee once they encrypt tv? That was always the rationale for charging the fee...

msmisfit
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My understanding was, that it is simply a "discount" that is given to customers who subscribe to more than one service, and when they drop to one service, the discount goes away... the same as other providers.

I also thought it was $10.00 before. Guess that changed with all the other changes recently.
grayem
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Charter has ALWAYS done this and as stated by Ryan818, it did use to be $10.

I have never seen this item nor ever paid it, that was over a few year time.
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I looked at an old bill, and it said Charter Bundle Discount, $10.00, not $5.00 for each service, as I had thought. But it doesn't specifically say just for internet.

Eagles1221
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Not *every* ISP. I have yet to see Time Warner do this and I've been internet only for years.