Tag: Spectrum
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Comcast, Spectrum, and Other Cable Companies Are Getting Smarter About Fighting Cybersecurity Threats To Protect You
With data breaches a pretty regular affair and your personal information constantly under threat of getting exposed, the battle against cybersecurity gets tougher all the time. The cable industry believes it can help, and on Tuesday laid out a set of policies to allow everyone from network engineers to cybersecurity professionals to take that fight…
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Spectrum Is Closing Nine Stores in the East Coast and Midwest
Spectrum is closing nine stores tomorrow, Cord Cutters News has confirmed. The stores are located on the East Coast and Midwest, ranging from New York to as far south as Missouri. The closures are a sign — albeit a small one — that more customers are relying on Spectrum’s website to sign up for services,…
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Spectrum Strikes New Streaming Deal Similar to Its Free Disney+ Offer
Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum TV, struck a deal carriage deal with TelevisiaUnivision that includes a free streaming service offer for some of its subscribers. The two companies struck a new multi-year deal that keeps broadcast channels such as Univision and several cable networks like Galavisión in the Spectrum TV lineup. In addition,…
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Comcast & Spectrum Have Both Raised Their Cable TV Prices Already in 2024 By as Much as $240 a Year
2024 is only a few weeks old but Comcast and Spectrum have wasted no time in raising prices. For some customers, their bills may rise by up to $20 a month totaling $240 a year in extra expenses. This is Spectrum’s second price hike in less than a year. Comcast’s last price hike happened in…
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Spectrum Cable TV Will Soon Start Closing Stores To Cut Costs
Charter’s Spectrum cable TV service has been losing subscribers for years now. To help offset this, Spectrum will soon start closing Spectrum stores to help cut costs. According to multiple Charter employees, Spectrum will soon start closing some underperforming stores. The first wave will likely be 9 Spectrum stores in the Northeast, with more to…
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Spectrum is Slowly Pushing Cable TV Customers Over to Its New Streaming TV Service With Higher Device Fees
Spectrum is slowly pushing customers from its older cable TV service to its newer streaming service with the Xumo Box. Now Spectrum is trying to speed up the process of moving customers from its legacy cable TV service to its new streaming service by raising the monthly price of cable TV boxes but keeping the…
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DIRECTV & Spectrum Raised Prices Twice Over the Last Year as Cable TV Price Hikes Become Common
2023 was a year filled with price hikes as most major cable TV providers, including Comcast, Spectrum, DISH, and DIRECTV, saw rate increases. Not only did they raise prices in 2023, two of them raised prices twice within a year. DIRECTV raised its prices in early 2023 and in the fall of 2023. Spectrum raised…
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Spectrum Cable TV Subscribers Now Get Ad-Based Disney+ For Free
Spectrum on Thursday said that all subscribers of its TV Select packages will get the ad-based version of Disney+ for free at no additional cost. Subscribers who can go here to sign up for a Disney+ Basic subscription. Customers with an existing Disney+ subscription can go to the service’s app or site to change their…
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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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Spectrum Is Running a Special Sale on Two Years of 1-Gig Internet Service
Spectrum is offering 1-Gig internet service for $39.99 a month for two years for customers in the Kansas City, Missouri area. This is the same price as Spectrum’s 300 Mbps plan. Spectrum describes the plan as its “fastest internet for smart homes, virtual reality explorers, and instant downloads.” The promotion, spotted earlier by Light Reading,…