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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 07 2018, @01:34AM (1 child)
Folks who were actual Leftists would have formed their own internet cooperative.
Socialism is the collective ownership of the means of production by the workers
Toss in "consumers" while we're at it: Those affected by a decision get a vote in the decision.
If you're actively seeking a way to free yourself from Capitalists, you're NOT Left of center.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 07 2018, @01:36AM
s/actively seeking/not actively seeking
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