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guruoo

(5,092 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 11:06 PM Jan 2019

Comcast, Dish, and AT&T plan to raise rates to combat cord cutting

I have this plan to get back the cord cutters.
Sure thing. Absolutely foolproof.
Now you just hold my beer and watch this...


Another year, another increase to your monthly pay-TV bill.

Giants including Comcast Corp., Dish Network Corp. and AT&T Inc.'s DirecTV plan to raise rates again in the new year, a move that could boost revenue but risks alienating subscribers who have been ditching their traditional TV subscriptions in record numbers.

Cable and satellite providers are hoping to squeeze more money from consumers who remain loyal to their packages with hundreds of channels, Philip Cusick, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst, said in a note this week, even though "this strategy could accelerate video sub declines."


Bonus: How to cut the cable TV cord in 2018:

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Comcast, Dish, and AT&T plan to raise rates to combat cord cutting (Original Post) guruoo Jan 2019 OP
This Will Be The Straw That Will End My Time With Them..... global1 Jan 2019 #1
I've seen this cartoon... EX500rider Jan 2019 #2
Yes that's exactly how it works lol. Volaris Jan 2019 #3
I don't watch TV Beakybird Jan 2019 #4
Do you have a sky where you live? lagomorph777 Jan 2019 #14
I don't feel at all deprived without them. hunter Jan 2019 #5
Brilliant! NeoGreen Jan 2019 #6
And if you cut the cord on cable TV only to replace it with net-based streaming services RockRaven Jan 2019 #7
Plan is move everything to 5g data, phone companies guruoo Jan 2019 #9
Analyst presents to Board Room of Executives; Xolodno Jan 2019 #8
The moment when you realize that close to everything is a scam Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #10
Dropped them Timewas Jan 2019 #11
I did that, too. CozyMystery Jan 2019 #12
LOL, that should work HAB911 Jan 2019 #13

global1

(25,167 posts)
1. This Will Be The Straw That Will End My Time With Them.....
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 11:12 PM
Jan 2019

What they should do is lower prices and attract more customers. Instead they are pushing us away.

EX500rider

(10,531 posts)
2. I've seen this cartoon...
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 11:16 PM
Jan 2019

....the rowboat is sinking so you drill a hole in the floor to let the water out!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. Do you have a sky where you live?
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 10:07 AM
Jan 2019

If so, get your internet via satellite. Satellite is getting cheaper every year.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
5. I don't feel at all deprived without them.
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 11:57 PM
Jan 2019

I'd sooner return to a 36K dial up internet connection and DVDs in the mail than do business with Comcast ever again.

Fortunately I don't have to.


RockRaven

(14,783 posts)
7. And if you cut the cord on cable TV only to replace it with net-based streaming services
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:04 AM
Jan 2019

you will likely still be at their mercy thanks to nexus of cable companies and internet providers in many regions...

These oligopolies have us all by the throat unless we are willing to give up their services entirely. Thanks FCC!

 

guruoo

(5,092 posts)
9. Plan is move everything to 5g data, phone companies
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:25 AM
Jan 2019

They are making it so no matter which way you turn they still own you.
video killed the radio star, cable killed the rabbit ears, and 5g will kill cable.

D-Link's New 5G Wifi Router Could Let You Say Goodbye to Cable Internet Forever
The D-Link DWR-2010 isn’t expected to arrive until the latter half of 2019, and it will be sold through the various cellular carriers in the country who will dictate the pricing. (The hardware will undoubtedly be subsidized in exchange for multi-year internet plan contracts.) But it will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 chipset, will include five gigabit ethernet ports (ideal for gaming or connecting a NAS), as well as AC2600 dual band wifi that also supports connectivity to D-Link’s mesh networking products for extending your wireless network to every last corner of your home.

https://gizmodo.com/d-links-new-5g-wifi-router-could-let-you-say-goodbye-to-1831433852

Xolodno

(6,330 posts)
8. Analyst presents to Board Room of Executives;
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:14 AM
Jan 2019

Analyst: As you can see, as our price rises, more people jump to online and steaming alternatives...despite losing prime channels. Even some just don't even bother for any steaming subscription service.

CEO in the board room; "Raise prices, that will teach them".

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Aside from that, have to wonder if the carriers are purposely doing this to the content providers. Makes a better case when the studios demand more money, when the carriers show that subscriptions are on a downward spiral. Particularly when many of the carriers also happen to offer internet service.

With that said, some companies seem to be prepared for it. CBS already offers a subscription service...and Disney/ABC may not be too far away as well.

 

Mr. Quackers

(443 posts)
10. The moment when you realize that close to everything is a scam
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:48 AM
Jan 2019

that's when you can finally get some peace.

Reject. Don't participate.

The object is to bleed workers to death financially through a thousand small cuts.

Passive, non-governmental taxation. They all want what's in your pockets.

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
12. I did that, too.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 05:23 AM
Jan 2019

We had 180 channels, I think. One night I clicked through all of them. We were paying over $100 a month and (1) I could find nothing to watch, and (2) there were tons of ads. I don't agree with paying for the ads. Worked for a cable company when I was 19 or so, when it first came to town. The selling point was no ads and having the ads still pisses me off.

I will pay not to have ads and to have the channels my family actually wants. Nothing else.

We have Netflix. That's enough. Didn't renew Amazon Prime, but no one seems to notice the effect on their tv watching.

We get the Red Sox games through MLB tv. All is good. I see no need for cable. The rare time I want to see a show that isn't available to me, I check youtube, and the show I seek has always been there.

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