Time Warner about to raise cable rates again

[optoman]

Time Warner Raises Rates


Rochester, NY (11/19/03) - Time Warner Cable Television has announced that it is raising its rates for standard service.


Starting January 1, 2004, rates for standard service will go from $46-$75 to $48-$95 a month. Time Warner attributes the increase on the rising costs for sports channels, which went up 26 percent last year.

Another solution to rate increases would be to move sports stations to a different subscriber level, so that only those who want the sports service need to pay for it.

The company said that the rate increase is less than last year's. The cost of digital cable and Roadrunner Internet access will not go up.

I was about to get cable with the current deal they are having but have now decided on a dish whish is almost 50% less than cable. Up yours Time Warner.

The next thing that will go is my cable internet. DSL speeds are now equalling cable speeds at 3 Mbps and its only $29.99 a month.

 

[squirrel dog]

Cable has no regulation . The telcos are all regulated . Cable can do as it pleases .

 

[PanzerIV]

WTF!! Are you serious on those rates!!? OMG I have never seen such b.s. from the cable company and I've seen them do a lot. Yeah, you're way better of going satellite. I now cringe at the thought of what they might do here with my TWC rates in MS.

 

[Ameesh]

i never watch those sports channels, hence i like the idea of them being in a seperate package

 

[friedpie]

Wow, that totally sucks. If I didn't have all these trees blocking the way I'd go with DirecTV.

 

[optoman]

They do not want to change the basic package because they are trying to get everyone to move to digital which isn't that much more. Then they hit you with the per box charge and stuff like that. Die cable, die.

 

[aircooled]

I have a good southern sky view, and have yet another reason to keep my directv..

 

[Doggiedog]

:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

WTH... DirecTV man... hell their top package is $88 a month and you get everything under the sun.

 

[Blayze]

yeah our cable is going up a couple dollars next year to. (Adelphia)

The cable isn't even that good. We don't have a good selection of channels compared to other companies in other cities. Some channels are fuzzy still even with Digital cable. Plus they don't offer cable internet. Its been promised to us for 3 years now, and the company before Adelphia even had it, but was way to expensive.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

WTH... DirecTV man... hell their top package is $88 a month and you get everything under the sun.

I have the premium package with Road Runner and 3 cable boxes including HDTV.

 

[bigrash]

sh!t if they raise their price so much, I'm switching to RCN.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

you subscribe to all the prono and payperview?

we pay less than that andget cable modem with 3 recievers!

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

you subscribe to all the prono and payperview?

we pay less than that andget cable modem with 3 recievers!

LOL.

I wish we got the pR0n. The premium package with RR is something like $100+ and each extra cable box is $10. But for some reason each month I get charged $0.35 for each remote.

 

[Maetryx]

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[TheToOTaLL]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
:frown:

I already pay $127 a month. How much more is it going to get?

WTH... DirecTV man... hell their top package is $88 a month and you get everything under the sun.

I have the premium package with Road Runner and 3 cable boxes including HDTV.

Mine is $171...

Digital Cable w/ 1 box, RR Work @ Home + an additional static IP (2 total)

I guess it's time to ditch TW and go with a dish, and move my servers to a colo!

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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Stop feeding the cable pig.
That's funny.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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when they get local hd channels that dont require me to pony up $500 for a set top box we'll talk

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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when they get local hd channels that dont require me to pony up $500 for a set top box we'll talk

They have locals.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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when they get local hd channels that dont require me to pony up $500 for a set top box we'll talk

They have locals.

Not in high definition, they don't.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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when they get local hd channels that dont require me to pony up $500 for a set top box we'll talk

They have locals.

Not in high definition, they don't.

ahh, my bad, missed the "hd" in Ameesh's post.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Maetryx
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when they get local hd channels that dont require me to pony up $500 for a set top box we'll talk

They have locals.

Not in high definition, they don't.

ahh, my bad, missed the "hd" in Ameesh's post.

No probs. I think the lack of local HD content is satellite's biggest downside right now - not sure when that is going to change. If local affiliates lose ad revenue when a customer subscribes to CBS HDTV via Dish, how is that any different than a customer subscribing to regular SDTV through Dish. What's the difference? Why allow local channels in SDTV, but not HDTV?