Cable and satellite TV providers are ringing in the new year with an unwelcomed gift: higher cable bills.
Comcast, for instance, says customer bills will rise 2.2 percent, on average, in 2018. AT&T is raising DirecTV's prices by up to $8 a month in mid-January. Smaller providers are planning increases, too.
Over the past decade, prices for TV service have risen almost twice as fast as inflation, according to an analysis of government data. Data provider S&P Global Market Intelligence says customers' cable and satellite TV bills have soared 53 percent since 2007, to $100.98 in 2017.
Annual rate hikes are as guaranteed as death and taxes. But you can push back and trim your bill.
What are you gonna do instead, read?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Whoever on Saturday January 06 2018, @04:49AM
In my experience, even if you take the box in, they will still charge you for it.
So, take the box in, keep the receipt, then look carefully at your next bill to see if they are still charging you. Repeat this last step one and two months later, to ensure that the box doesn't reappear on your account.