Comcast Raising Cable TV Bills

• November 26th, 2006 | General

Here’s a bright business idea. Build up the largest cable VoIP subscribership around in your market (the US) then raise the prices on your cable service. That’s what Comcast is doing Jan 1st, 2007, claiming that they’ve added advanced products and services. Granted, the 4% increase does not affect the rates on their high-speed Internet or digital voice (VoIP) services, but it’s a neat little manoeuvre since many of their subscribers to the latter services very likely have cable TV with Comcast as well. And if you don’t like the increased cost, you have to find replacements for all three services, which most people won’t do because of the inconvenience.