Comcast is celebrating the tax cut with higher prices

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I read an article about this in the Houston Chronical.



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Comcast is celebrating the tax cut with higher prices

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[Orrex]

1. I wonder if Trump will take credit for the rate hike, too?

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. No competition does that.

Americans will learn the hard way, they always do.

[MythosMaster]

4. No they don't

reagan, bush I and II and now trump proves that....

[jalan48]

3. I wonder if Rachel, Joy or Chris will discuss this one?

[progressoid]

10. I wonder if Hannity, Tucker or Ingram will discuss this one?

J/K. They have to talk about the FBI thing.

[jalan48]

15. Yep-big business discussions are off the table with the corporate media.

[Ilsa]

5. They raised our rate three months ago.

I guess they'll do it again as soon as they are able.

[Matthew28]

6. There should be protest

Demanding anti-trust against these crooks and for them to be broken up!

[barbtries]

7. people pay that much for television?!

i haven't had it for 10 years and happily, don't watch sports, but wow.

[brooklynite]

9. Most of those rates are for combined TV and internet service.

[barbtries]

18. wow.

but really, i have phone and internet and a streaming service and it's about $120 now. i guess it's worth it to sports fans.

[bathroommonkey76]

24. I have Kodi

and get all of that programming free. haha

[barbtries]

32. is that a device?

my son has one it's not called Kodi, but at any rate it's been defeated and doesn't work anymore. it did for a while

[bathroommonkey76]

33. Mine is an Android TV box

It's similar to this:

https://www.amazon.com/Android-Wireless-Keyboard-Improved-Version/dp/B01HGCO7JE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=shopperz_origin1-20&ascsubtag=892846803-2-1858882853.1513907897&SubscriptionId=AKIAJO7E5OLQ67NVPFZA

Before that I had Roku - but I'm glad I switched b/c Kodi players have more downloadable apps that aren't on Roku. I purchased mine a year ago and haven't had any problems/issues.

[barbtries]

35. i almost bought it for christmas

but not quite yet. my son's device was fire something.

[pstokely]

37. a lot of people don't realize they can get local channels for free with an antenna

https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2017/08/over-the-air-tv-a-third-of-americans-have-no-idea/

many think getting OTA channels VIA antenna is illegal, many geezers keep cable TV because they aren't very tech savy if they aren't totally tech-phobic, sports are probably the only reason I need cable TV and not even all year depending on how well the local teams are performing, the majority of college sports are on cable TV and so are the pro baseball teams

[brooklynite]

8. When TWC got too pricey I switched providers...

I've probably switched ISPs every 4-5 years.

I assume most people will find it easier to just complain.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Hey genius, not everybody has the access to a variety of providers. There are areas here

in Chicago where your options are (at least were at the time) AT&Ts glorified dialup called UVerse. Which is what I had, and Comcast. That's it. Thankfully I was able to move to an area offering RCN. But let me guess what you'll say next; "Let them eat fiber optics!".

[n2doc]

17. Savannah is the same way

Two 'choices', same shitty service, same prices. What competition!

[phylny]

34. Satellite and Verizon MiFi here.

A special kind of hell. We had better service when we visited Antigua in January. A small island - blazing fast service.

[pstokely]

38. I assume the rich areas have more competition

the poor areas have fewer options

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

39. That would be my assumption given the area I used to live in and where

I am now.

[Cirque du So-What]

13. Nice to have a choice

In my locale, it's either Spectrum (TWC) or AT&T - and in one municipality, it's either a homegrown jack-leg outfit or Spectrum. In the major metro area, a guy is trying to establish a toehold in the market with a microwave line-of-sight network, but the cable ISPs are bribing the owners of tall buildings to deny leases for his equipment.

[barbtries]

19. i can choose between Spectrum,

which is TWC, or Frontier - which i tried and must be the worst service provider in the history of service.

i had sworn i would never have TWC again, but when i moved to Durham from Raleigh (AT&T there but did not travel), I had no choice after more frustrated hours on the phone and whole weeks without internet than i could stand from Frontier.

[LanternWaste]

14. And I assume at least one will criticize the concerns of others

And I assume at least one poster will criticize the valid concerns of others with the implicit message they should simply eat cake.

Wait... no assumption necessary. Bless your little heart.

[Demtexan]

11. When I did have cable I got the bill lowered.

I called and said I was canceling cable because it was to expensive.

I told the person I was talking to that I would be turning in the equipment at the end of current billing period.

Long story short I cut the cable bill in half.

They need customers.

I was ready to stop cable.

Give it a try.

[Amishman]

16. Comcast might be the biggest bunch of bastards in corporate america

Glad I don't have them anymore.

[ATL Ebony]

20. +1000

Gave them up about 15 yrs ago (had Triple Play). They increased my rate without notice one time too many. Good riddance to a bunch of crooks.

[hunter]

21. Easy answer: Quit Comcast.

My wife and I live quite comfortably with a medium speed DSL connection. It handles a single medium resolution Netflix stream without any hassles. Our television plays movies, that's all it does, DVDs I find in thrift stores and Netflix.

Maybe I'm lucky to live in a place where I don't have to deal with phone or cable operators who act like unscrupulous used car salesmen.

I used to have Comcast, back before Comcast knew what the internet was. It occurred to me that I was paying Comcast to deliver garbage to my house. It didn't matter if I blocked the likes of Fox News at my television, a portion of my Comcast cable charges were still funding crooks. I figured Comcast should be paying me $39 a month to put up with their nonsense, not the other way around.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Just got a letter from AT&T/Direct TV.

They are doing the same thing.

[liberal_patriot_md]

23. And what about that $1000 bonus.

It’s for 100K employees. Which totals $100M. Sounds good right? Well it’s only 4% of its net income last year.

So they are raising rates while giving a pittance to their employees. Making a big deal about the bonus too - and linking it to the tax scam. Total BS. But some will buy into it.

[Politicub]

25. Merry Christmas, suckers

Comcast internet service is a necessary evil at casa polticub, unfortunately.

[Libloom]

26. Gotta get their $1000 bonuses back

.

[member12]

31. Those bonuses are bribes.

Clear as day. No way a company would feed more cash to their employees like that.

[Wellstone ruled]

27. ATT&T/Direct Tv

last Sunday did a blast e-mail to all subscribers in our area that has two months or less on their 24h month agreements to expect major price increase for Programming,Equipment Leases,and other cost items. Gee,you now see the true reason to cover their asses.

[Eyeball_Kid]

28. Those famous tax cuts...

... will more than be offset by jumps in the price of health care.

Why don’t we hear more about this “convergence” of economic influence from the MSM? Is it too difficult for us to comprehend a relationship between two connected policies?

[Pachamama]

29. I am planning to cancel my Comcast....

After the end of net neutrality, the fact that I will be paying higher taxes and now them raising prices....

I can't remember the last time I used the land line...don't watch many shows and no sports....I can use my cell phone as a wifi hot spot and I can use Netflix and amazon prime for movies....

I will save nearly $200 monthly....

[extvbroadcaster]

30. I'm no defender of Comcast but

You have to hassle with them. They wanted to screw me out of the introduction deal, I complained and got it. Then, they wanted to raise my rate but threw in HBO for 5 bucks more. I took that. When that deal was up, they wanted to hit me for about 50 bucks more a month. I called them and told them I was disconnecting, I would not pay. They gave me the same deal as I had before for a year. It sucks, but if you give them grief they usually cave in. There are stories all over the internet about it.

[BSdetect]

36. I just hope they do not get into 5G in their monopolistic way.