Tag: Comcast
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Cord Cutting Today #113 – Amazon’s New Internet Service, Comcast’s $20 Mobile HD Fee, & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including Amazon’s New Internet…
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Comcast Now Offers High-Speed Internet For Just $9.95 to Qualifying Subscribers
Comcast has for some time now offered a high-speed internet for just $9.95 a month to Americans who have a child who qualifies for the National School Lunch Program, anyone receiving HUD housing assistance, low-income veterans, and senior citizens. Sadly in the past, this was only in a handful of markets. Today Comcast announced that…
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Comcast Now Charges $20 a Month to Stream HD Video With its Xfinity Mobile Service
In the past, with Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile service you could stream in HD. Now though if you want to do that you will need to pay an extra $20 a month HD Pass on your plan. This means if you don’t pay you will be limited to SD 480p streaming on Xfinity’s $45 a month…
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Comcast Has Agreed to Refund Some Customers Fees Totaling $15.5 Million
If you were a Comcast customer between January 1st, 2005 and September 5th, 2018 and live in California, Washington, or West Virginia you may be eligible to get a refund or credit. In total Comcast will be paying out $15.5 million in refunds and credits to customers affected. To get this refund you have to…
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AT&T, Comcast, & Spectrum Are Losing Over 14,000 TV Subscribers Every Day as Cord Cutting Speeds Up
Last week, AT&T, Comcast, and Spectrum reported their second quarter 2019 earnings. According to these reports, the three companies lost 1,311,000 million subscribers. This works out to over 14,000 subscribers every single day. Here are how many subscribers each service lost: DIRECTV NOW: 168,000 Spectrum: 141,000 Comcast: 224,000 DIRECTV & U-Verse TV: 778,000 Total: 1,311,000…
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Comcast Lost 224,000 TV Subscribers in 2nd Quarter 2019
Well, it looks like the bad news for cable TV keeps flooding in as once again a major provider is reporting a drop in pay-TV subscribers. This time the drop comes from Comcast who today reported losing 224,000 residential video subscribers in the 2nd quarter 2019 with its Xfinity TV service. This comes as AT&T…
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Comcast Customers Pay Over 3 Times More Per Channel Than Sling TV Subscribers
Every time we see a price increase from a streaming service, we see messages saying the prices are getting too high and asking if it could be time to go back to cable. What those messages aren’t considering is the extra fees and costs that come with a cable bill. In this post, we’re comparing…
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Cord Cutting This Week – 2019 Cord Cutting Predictions, Pluto TV, Dish Suing IPTV Update, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also…
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Comcast Has 12 Different Hidden Fees on Its Triple Play Packages
We are still hearing stories about how cord cutting costs more than cable TV; however, rarely do these stories include the hidden fees and taxes that are added to the advertised prices. So, today we are going to take a look at all 12 of the fees that you will find on Comcast’s Triple Play…
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Comcast Now Charges $32.95 a Month For Just Local Channels
Been thinking about paying Comcast for local TV channels? If you are hoping Comcast would be a cheap way to get ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC you may want to think again. Comcast is charging $32.95 for local channels in standard definition with their Limited Basic package. It does seem that Comcast is hoping to…