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[Price] Price increase notifications in this month's bill

From this month's bill, here in Monmouth County, NJ:
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Important Account Information

Beginning January 1, 2016, due to increased business costs, the following installation rates will increase:

Hourly Service Charge (Initial Installation of Service) from $34.56 to $35.00,
Hourly Service Charge (After Initial Installation of Service) from $34.56 to $35.00,
Additional Outlet (Initial Installation of Service) from $13.88 to $14.20,
Additional Outlet (After Initial Installation of Service) from $28.86 to $30.00,
Activate Pre-Existing Additional Outlet (After Initial Installation of Service) from $11.75 to $12.00,
Relocate Additional Outlet (Initial Installation of Service) from $13.89 to $14.25,
Relocate Additional Outlet (After Initial Installation of Service) from $24.23 to $25.00,
Connect VCR/DVD (Initial Installation of Service) from $7.75 to $8.00,
Connect VCR/DVD (After Initial Installation of Service) from $17.05 to $17.70,
Upgrade of Service from $17.93 to $18.65,
Downgrade of Service from $11.98 to $12.45, and
In-Home Service Visit (Video, per occurrence) from $29.10 to $30.00.

Prices listed exclude applicable taxes and fees.
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BTW - When I received my paper bill in the mail today, there was this insert included in it.

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I'm suprised they haven't increased the modem rental to $10.99 yet

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said by maxbrando:

I'm suprised they haven't increased the modem rental to $10.99 yet

Just wait, that is just the list of special charges and service fees.

There will probably be another list in next month's bill with those price increases for 2016.

EDIT: You can get an idea what they may be from other regions who got their price increases October 1st: »Re: [Price] Bye Bye Blast Plus

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said by telcodad:

BTW - When I received my paper bill in the mail today, there was this insert included in it.

On a (somewhat) tongue-in-cheek note, the Xfinity 2015 Year in Review flyer ran out of room for:

"Complimentary name changes to an obscenity even after we apologize for doing it the first time."

"Your modem is OUR modem: we'll keep charging you that lease fee. That's the Xfinity promise."

Sorry, couldn't resist.

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said by FureverFurry:

On a (somewhat) tongue-in-cheek note, the Xfinity 2015 Year in Review flyer ran out of room for:

"Complimentary name changes to an obscenity even after we apologize for doing it the first time."

"Your modem is OUR modem: we'll keep charging you that lease fee. That's the Xfinity promise."

Yes, and don't forget some other 2015 "highlights" that there was no room for:

"Abandoned our failed merger attempt with Time Warner Cable." »Comcast Officially Confirms The Time Warner Cable Merger Is Dead [79] comments

"Publishing of your unlisted phone information anyway" »Comcast Reaches $33 Million Settlement For Posting User Info [6] comments

"Making it so difficult to cancel our service that a new company now charges to do it for you." »New $5 Service Promises to Cancel Your Comcast Service For You [20] comments

"Dramatically expanding our data cap areas and now charging extra to avoid it." »Comcast Dramatically Expanding Usage Cap Areas December 1 [174] comments »Comcast Now Charging $30 To Avoid Company's Usage Caps [107] comments

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I just noticed a "Broadcast TV Fee" and a "Regional Sports Fee", total of $4.25 extra. What a country ..........

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said by snolsen:

I just noticed a "Broadcast TV Fee" and a "Regional Sports Fee", total of $4.25 extra. What a country ........

Those charges have been there for awhile now and they keep rising. Just another reason i cut the cord over a year ago. No taxes and fees on internet only..

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Here is a sneak preview of the 2016 price increases for us here in the Freedom Region that will probably be included in our next bill:

From:
Comcast Xfinity bills going up about 4%
By Bob Fernandez, Philadelphia Inquirer - November 20, 2015
»www.philly.com/philly/bu ··· _4_.html
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Monthly bills for Comcast Corp. Xfinity customers in the Philadelphia area and New Jersey will go up about 4 percent on Jan. 1 with higher prices for cable TV and Internet services plus elevated fees.

The Philadelphia-based company began informing customers of the changes online on Friday and in mailings with bills this month.

Comcast isn't raising prices across-the-board but instead boosting them at varying levels on different cable TV packages or Internet services, according to the new rate card obtained by the The Inquirer.
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Digital adapters [DTAs] for additional televisions in homes to access cable channels will rise to $3.99 a month from $2.99 a month, a 33 percent boost.
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Comcast also will hike a "broadcast TV fee" by 66 percent to $5 a month from $3.
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"Digital starter" - an entry-level package - remains unchanged at $69.95 a month. "Digital preferred plus two premiums" fell 6.7 percent to $111.90 a month from $119.90.

Meanwhile, triple-play bundles, TV, Internet and phone services, were generally hiked by $2.50 a month and several double-play bundles, or only TV and Internet services, were boosted $3 or $4 a month.

The prices on the "expanded basic" tier of service were relatively unchanged as were prices for international channels and telephone services."
 
EDIT: Karl has a news item about this now: »Comcast's New Year's Present: More Rate Hikes [43] comments
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said by telcodad:

Digital adapters [DTAs] for additional televisions in homes to access cable channels will rise to $3.99 a month from $2.99 a month, a 33 percent boost.

Isn't amazing how they've turned the DTAs into another huge revenue center. This was billed to the FCC as inexpensive boxes that would allow them to migrate their analog channels to digital, which was a huge benefit for Comcast. Customers would no longer be able to use their cable ready tvs to watch these channels but that would be okay because they would be so cheap to provide. Funny how that doesn't last long. They are now almost as expensive as the full digital boxes were a decade ago.

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said by Zoder:

said by telcodad:

Digital adapters [DTAs] for additional televisions in homes to access cable channels will rise to $3.99 a month from $2.99 a month, a 33 percent boost.

Isn't amazing how they've turned the DTAs into another huge revenue center..

Yes, I bet the SD-DTAs cost Comcast no more than $20-$25 each, and the newer HD-DTAs no more than $35 each.

At the new $4 a month fee, an HD-DTA would be paid for in less than 10 months.
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Not to mention Comcast saved billions of dollars by not having to upgrade all of their plants to 1 GHz when they reclaimed the analog frequency.

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BTW - There was an interesting series of articles about a year ago about how much money Comcast makes from STB and Cable Modem rental fees:

»Modem Rental Fees Alone Net Comcast $300 Million Per Quarter

Comcast: Cable Modem Rentals Contribute More Than Olympics
By Ken Kam, Forbes - September 19, 2014
»www.forbes.com/sites/ken ··· lympics/

How To Cut $1000 Out Of Your Comcast and AT&T Bills
By Ken Kam, Forbes - October 17, 2014
»www.forbes.com/sites/ken ··· t-bills/

Yes, You Can Buy Your Own Comcast Set-Top Box
By Ken Kam, Forbes - February 24, 2015
»www.forbes.com/sites/ken ··· top-box/

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Comcast will say the price increase is justified due to the new Guide software installed in the DTA's.
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Re: [Price] Price increase notifications in this month's bill

said by telcodad:

Just wait, that is just the list of special charges and service fees.

It's there. You just couldn't see it. Part of their transparent text on white background.
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Hidden in my bill was this link which has a variety of information including new packages, discontinued packages, changes, etc. »xfinity-productupdates.c ··· lang=eng

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Here is the PDF for the new 2016 rate card for Philadelphia and Delaware Counties in PA (from »www.phillymag.com/busine ··· te-hike/ ).

Here are the "highlights":
Comcast releases rate changes for 2016
Almost every Double Play or Triple Play package is increasing by $1.50 to $4 per month

By Sharon Lurye, PhillyVoice - November 24, 2015
»www.phillyvoice.com/comc ··· es-2016/
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Here's a summary of the changes:

- Almost every Triple Play Package is increasing by $1.50.

- Almost every Double Play package is going up by $3 or $4.

- Adding HBO to a package is now cheaper, as the price fell from $21.95 to $15.

- Four premium channels (Showtime, Starz, Cinemax and The Movie Channel) are now $12. This is a decrease in price in most packages but an increase in price for others.

- A Blast! Speed Upgrade will cost $1 to $4 more depending on the plan while an Extreme 150 upgrade will cost $3 to $4 less depending on the plan.

- Limited basic TV service in the Philadelphia area is going up between 30 cents and $1.15. However, expanded basic services will go down by the same amount.

- The broadcast TV fee will increase from $3 to $5, the regional sports fee will increase from $1 to $3 and the field collection charge (for when customers do not pay the bills or return equipment) will increase from $25 to $30.

- Some digital services are increasing in price -- while others are decreasing. The biggest decrease in price is $17.95 for the Digital Premier package. The biggest increase is $4 for Digital Preferred Plus.

- Some Internet-only plans are increasing by $3-$4. The Extreme 505 Xfinity Internet Service is dropping from $399.95 to $299.95.

- There are small changes in price (less than a dollar) for some video equipment and installation fees.


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Did get my latest bill here in the Chicago area with the prices. It's pretty much the same as seen in other parts of the country.
Highlights:
Standard video packages (Limited, Starter, Preferred): +$0.50
DTA: +$1.00
RSN fee: +$2.00 (200%!!)
Broadcast fee: +$1.75
Premium channels (HBO etc..): -$2.99
Performance Internet w/ video or voice: +$2.00 (no change for standalone)
Blast! standalone: +$1.00
Blast! w/ video or voice: +$5.00

Personally, I see $0.50 + $1.00 + $2.00 + $1.75 + $2.00 = $7.25 + taxes.