US Cable Support > OptimumOnline > [iO] Cablevision adding $ 2.98 "sports surchage" in Ap

reply to Jmartz

Re: [iO] Cablevision adding $ 2.98 "sports surchage" i

I just watch whichever channel is showing the Devils. Wish I could drop all the other channels, but, no, CV has to screw us even more. I already had a 4% increase in my bill this year.

reply to kensmiles

Spin it anyway you want but the fact is most of us will see a 7.98 increase between this and the ool hike

I'm not doing any spinning. I was answering someone's somewhat rhetorical question.

I think it's a bad idea as it goes against the old "no hidden fees" ad campaign, and think they should adjust the base rate of the tier (though this means it gets added on to people with promotions, so it's obviously more enticing)

reply to dm145
Not to mention extra box charges due to the digital conversion.

reply to Jmartz
The problem is that espn wouldn't yank just the espn channels, but also the disney and cable abc channels as well. The only channel negotiated separately I believe is the local ABC affiliate. So now you would have sports fans, and kids crying to no end.

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reply to nx3mtmt
Is it possible to use this as a reason to threaten to switch in order to get a lower promotional rate? We've never had any promotions here since we've had them since they took over for the old cable company, we did get the ool promotion back in like '02. What's the best way to go about this?

If FiOS is available in your area, you should be able to negotiate a promotional rate. If not, they will let you go (to satellite and DSL, presumably) and maybe offer you a win-back deal down the road.

Alternatively, you can downgrade your service to make it more affordable.

reply to rick0204
How much is OOL with iO Economy? 49.95 or 54.95 ?

reply to nx3mtmt
$49.95 with value & above

»www.optimum.com/pdf/ool_ov_pricing.pdf

OOL looks to be $54.95 with Economy.

But if you have Economy+OOL+OV and register for Optimum Rewards, you get the $5 OOL discount, so that makes it $49.95.

Yeah, I didn't answer your question, but stated where the cutoff is. Sorry about the confusion.

reply to nx3mtmt
Since CV hasn't notified the subscribers yet, and the press release seems to be targeting a mystery date in April, we should sticky this thread, and monitor anything new discovered. We only have the sports channels they forced into our package, never watch them. Let those who watch sports pay the increase. I'm seriously considering downgrading to Economy as soon as I see the extra charge. That should save us around $40 a month. I wonder how many of us would need to do it, before they would notice on their bottom line.

And they can shove that bit about 'no rate increases' too. We've had a rate increase of some sort or other every year, or more often. Even if they tried to disguise it as something else, it's still an increase if my bill increases. And I have copies of all of them, as well as each of the new rate cards showing the increases. (Isn't technology a great thing?)

Might be time to contact my local franchising authority and remind them that this action should be directed at the subscribers using sports subscriptions, not the rest of us.

What's to "monitor?" The fee is coming. Accept it or downgrade/disconnect.
It's unfortunate and frustrating...but there's not much you can do other than to vote with your feet.

For starters, I don't see that Cv has notified any subscribers that this is even happening. We don't all get our bills at the same time. I'd like to hear that anyone has received a notification of this. I'm not downgrading without specific evidence of their action.

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reply to momcat1
It was pretty well covered in the press, including the Wall Street Journal. »online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142···828.html and »www.northjersey.com/news/1923613···ing.html not to mention the industry trades.

Cablevision put out a press release saying it's happening.

It's happening.