Tag: Price Hike
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Verizon’s Legacy Price Hike is Coming, But it Also Brings One Benefit
Verizon Wireless has begun alerting customers on some of its older plans that they’ll be seeing a $4 price increase starting in March. But the rate hike isn’t coming without one benefit: More hotspot data. Verizon will give all customers on legacy plans who are seeing a price increase an extra 5 GB of mobile…
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Netflix Quietly Teased Another Price Hike
Is another Netflix price hike on its way? After the streaming giant raised the price of its premium plan in the fall, it seems unlikely. But the company kept the door open with some sly language deep in its fourth-quarter letter to shareholders. “As we invest in and improve Netflix, we’ll occasionally ask our members…
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Optimum’s Cable Internet Prices Are Going Down, But One Fee is Increasing
Optimum internet subscribers may see some price decreases, although one fee is going up. A Cord Cutters News reader said they received a notification of a price increase to the “Network Enhancement Fee,” which is going up by $1.50 to $6 a month. A company spokeswoman confirmed the increase, and noted that the fee “is…
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Spectrum is Raising Prices for its Cable TV Services and Low-Income Internet Program
Spectrum is quietly raising the rates for some of its services, the second time in less than six months that it is rolling out a price hike. The cable company, owned by Charter Communications, sent a notification to some customers warning them of the increase. Noteworthy is another increase to the Spectrum Internet Assist, which…
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YouTube Premium Gets Price Hikes Around The World
YouTube started raising the price of its ad-free Premium service in July, starting with a rollout in the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Beginning November 1, the price hikes hit even more countries. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey are seeing price increases across individual, family, and student plans for YouTube Premium…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Spectrum Price Hike and fuboTV Takes a Shot at HBO Max
This week, we learned that Spectrum is upping the prices for some pay TV customers. We also learned a bit more about Sinclair’s efforts to create a streaming service for its Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks. Elsewhere, fuboTV took time out during its letter to shareholders to call out streaming services, including HBO Max. Here’s…
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Here Are The PlayStation Vue Markets That Will NOT See a Price Hike
This week it was announced that Sony would be raising the price of their PlayStation Vue service on most subscribers. Yet some areas had already been paying the higher prices and this has caused a lot of confusion out there. So we wanted to take a moment and list the areas that will NOT be…