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Altice Plans June Price Hikes for Optimum, Suddenlink Users

Altice is hinting that another notable price hike will hit the company's Suddenlink and Optimum cable TV and broadband subscribers in June. It will be the second such price increase since June for many of these customers. Local Connecticut news outlets obtained a letter from Altice to the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, informing the regulators that Altice customers will soon see another round of price increases on everything from the cost of set top box rentals to the various fees the company buries below the line to covertly jack up the advertised rate.

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The hikes include a $1 price increase on the company's sneaky (though now industry standard) "Broadcast TV fee" to $5 per month.

Altice USA customers will also pay an additional $30 more for installation, currently priced at $70 for a standard service install and $130 for premium service. The company will also impose a $1 price hike on sports programming; a $2 hike in the price of its premium tech support option; a doubling in the fees charged for those whose service is shut off for nonpayment; a $1 increase in the cost of renting a cable box (now $11); and fifty cents more per month to rent a CableCARD.

"We are investing in our networks, services, and the overall customer experience, from launching our Altice One entertainment platform to the deployment of our fiber network, which we are actively building throughout our footprint,” Altice said in a statement circulated to the press. “Our rates, like those of other pay TV providers, continue to be impacted by skyrocketing programming costs, of which we pass just a fraction of those rising costs along to customers.”

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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Brooklyn, NY

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tmc8080

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Let's buy a cable company and JACK up RATE$!

Good first move!
Long before the fiber optics are even a dream in some communities you want to raise rates and gouge the consumer! I hope the customer exodus hurts this time around! Didn't see the specific broadband price increases (other than a smarmy scumbag install fee) detailed, can anyone elaborate?

n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

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n2jtx

Member

LOL

The Dolan's are probably kicking themselves for selling and not going all these rate hikes themselves. Would have been money in their pockets. Too late now.

Anon34dcb
@optonline.net

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Anon34dcb

Anon

Really

Really 25% raise on cable cards