Tag: Comcast
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Comcast Is Raising Their Broadcast TV & Regional Sports Fees
We already talked about how Comcast is raising the price on their TV packages, but they didn’t stop there. Now it is being reported that Comcast is raising their broadcast TV fee to $8 a month and their regional sports fee to $6.75 a month in some areas. What is the broadcast TV fee? It…
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Comcast Promises to Be Good After Net Neutrality Repeal
Tomorrow the FCC will vote on repealing Net Neutrality. Today Comcast wanted to make it clear that they won’t abuse their powers as an ISP in a blog post by David L. Cohen Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. In the blog post Comcast promised the following points: Will Comcast broadband customers still be…
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Comcast Just Dropped Their Bid to Buy Part of FOX
With all the talk about Disney buying FOX you may have missed that Comcast was also trying to buy part of FOX. Now Comcast is walking away from that deal according to a statement from Comcast Corp on Monday. This will leave the Walt Disney Co as the sole buyer for what is reported to…
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Comcast Is Raising Their Prices on Almost Everything
Are you ready to pay more? As a new year draws to a close cable TV is back to their old ways of raising prices. Recently Comcast has quietly started to announce new pricing for almost everything. Thanks to a few readers who sent us their price increase notices we now have a break down of…
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Comcast Now Charges You $5.99 For Every Extra TV
If you are still paying for cable TV, today may be the day to become a cord cutter. In many markets Comcast is raising the fee they charge for every additional TV to $5.99 a month. So if you have three extra TVs in your home you will pay an extra $17.97 a month adding…
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Comcast Is Raising the Price of Their Live TV Streaming Service Instant TV
Recently Comcast started to roll out a live TV streaming service called Instant TV that includes locals and add-ons. You need Comcast Internet and you need to live in a Comcast market that offers the service but you could get your locals for $20 from Comcast streaming online. Or for $25 you could add sports…
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Comcast Is Raising the Rental Price of Their Internet Modems
If you are still renting a modem from Comcast, it may be time to buy one. Right now Comcast is rolling out new rental prices on their modems that will raise the monthly rental to $11. From our understanding, some Comcast subscribers are already seeing the price hike, and all Comcast subscribers will see the…
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In The Face of Cord Cutting 21st Century Fox Goes Up for Sale
Last week it was reported that 21st Century Fox is in talks with 3 potential buyers including Comcast, Verizon, and Sony for a potential sale. This comes a week after it was reported that Fox and Disney have been in talks for a possible sale. It is reported the Rupert Murdoc and his sons are…
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Comcast Makes It Easier to Save $10 a Month on Your Internet Bill
If you are renting a modem from Comcast, you are easily spending $120 a year just on modem rentals. Over a two-year contract, you are spending $240 just to rent a modem you could easily replace with one you would own. If you rent that modem for four years, you just spent $480 for a…
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Comcast Lost 134,000 Pay TV Subscribers in 3rd Quarter 2017
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 134,000 residential video subscribers in the 3rd quarter 2017. The bad news does not stop there as NBCUniversal also…