djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | Not exactly, Karl...
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The move comes shortly after AT&T pulled three channels out of their $10 per month HD tier (Universal HD, MGM HD and Smithsonian HD)
AT&T pulled Universal HD out of the standard HD tier. MGM HD and Smithsonian HD were new channel adds that went into newly created HD tier and have always been a part of it.
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hoyleysox
join:2003-11-07
Long Beach, CA | Thinking of switching to Uverse
I'm paying $130 for the cox bundle now and I want to pay less. Been thinking of switching to Uverse, but it isn't much cheaper. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to djrobx
Re: Not exactly, Karl...
Thanks. I'll fix that. |
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baineschile
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Premium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
·Comcast
·magicjack.com
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
1 edit | reply to djrobx
To everyone who thought that ATT and VZ would lower cable prices
Ha. Ha.
We can simply blame the NFL and the rest of the sports networks, that create their own "sub networks" (espn 3, espn classic, nfl network, big ten network, etc) buy games that people want to see, then gouge the providers in their prices.
P.S. A friend of mine has UVerse that does a lot of torrent download. He claims that when he turns on the TV, the internet speeds are cut in half. Anyone else facing this problem?
P.S.S.
»news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_···er_cable
Just an example. |
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whocares
Premium
join:2003-07-26
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| THATS A heck of a jump,
maybe the reasone is because they're so callednstllaton tech are brand new hires,and have no previous exprience as to what they are doing,
or
maybe the service just isn't that good for the tv service vs the package price.
SURE GLAD I got rid of mine after only 1 week, I'll stay with DorecTV,
jazzy,
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Rob2647
join:2008-08-12
Rochester, MI | What crap.
They reach their goal of 1 million subscribers before the end of the year, and the money hungry big wigs now want to make more profit. |
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djdanska
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Glen Ellyn, IL
clubs:
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·T-Mobile US
 ·A + Net
·Mediacom
·RCN CABLE
| reply to baineschile
Re: To everyone who thought that ATT and VZ would lower cable pr
said by baineschile  :P.S. A friend of mine has UVerse that does a lot of torrent download. He claims that when he turns on the TV, the internet speeds are cut in half. Anyone else facing this problem? Ouch! That would suck! |
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kilometers
join:2007-01-24
Sacramento, CA
·SureWest Internet
·AT&T U-Verse
1 edit | wow~
I'm glad I dropped U-verse. When it first came out they were far cheaper than Comcast but now Comcast has better deals than U-verse does. I get 16/2, unlimited calling throughout the continent, and all the channels I like to watch for like 115 a month. And Comcast here doesn't charge you for HD service... you only have to rent a HD cablebox. Comcast is fairly competitive and having U-verse in the area helped drop Comcast's prices here.
With DOCSIS 3 coming I can expect much faster internet speeds. I doubt U-verse will go over 18/1.5 anytime soon. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
·Time Warner Cable
| The price is only going to climb
The time is so primed for someont to come up with real online content. The telcos and cable companies are going to continue raising rates substantially over the next 3 years (where else are you going to get your tv and internet?) Netflix and Xbox 360 is proving that the technology is there. I havent seen apple TV but maybe thats it. But I can't wait for someone to make a nice online package where you turn the channel with a mouse. You will still have to go through the cable or telco for the internet access but it's a step in the right direction.
The cable and telcos have spent millions in advertising telling us that "bundling" is a good thing. It's NOT! |
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TigerNutz
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Premium
join:2000-12-23
Little Rock, AR
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T Southwest
·Cox HSI
|  Well isn't that peachy
Someone xplain this to me, when the economy is deep in the toilet why would a company raise rates?
Makes no sense but it is AT$T we are talking about here.... 
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berumte
join:2005-04-15
Missouri City, TX
|  reply to baineschile
Re: To everyone who thought that ATT and VZ would lower cable pr
I've had U-Verse for 9 months and can't say I've seen my DL speeds drop when the TVs are on. I pay for 18 down and 1.5 up, their highest tier, and use the U200 telly package. My 2 always-on boxes are wired to the gateway with 3 other family PCs on wireless. I torrent heavily -- mostly telly shows. Often my torrenting slows the wireless connections, but I've never noticed a slowdown from telly usage, which is normally one standard and one HD running concurrently.
Interestingly, I upg'd to the 18 (from 10kbps?) just before Thanksgiving, but I've not seen any difference for my extra $10 per month. |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs: | reply to kilometers
Re: wow~
Are you sure that isn't promotional pricing that will go up in a year? |
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jgkolt
Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs:
| thats great
The price increases i may be up to face (or someone new). $10 now for the hd tier (used to be free), $5 increase on U200 package, DVR no longer free but costing $9, 2 stb's costing $7+$7.
$10
$5
$9
$7
$7
a $38 increase from the price the were offering a year ago until now. All these numbers exclude tax to make it easier.
I pay $89 now (U200 1 dvr 2 stb 6mb internet)with an increase of $38 to now $127. That is a 42% increase in one year when they vow not to increase prices but don't lock price in with a contract.
Now I am not sure how many of these new prices will effect me until next month but the cost for a new customer from a year ago is staggering. The satellites are looking cheap now. |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| Seems that all providers are raising their rates.
Directv is raising their rates in 2009.
»www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/10/di···in-2009/
Comcast too
»www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/08/co···illions/
Cablevision as well
»www.tvpredictions.com/cablevision103008.htm
I guess the point is that no matter what service you go with you will see a rate hike. Seems they are coming at the rate of once a year on average. Of course, just like in other threads, there are people who bitch about the rates because they have the service. The people who have something else are quick to point that out, but they fail to remember that their rates went up earlier in the year.
Ah well....
Point is that there is competition out there. If you feel the grass is greener with Comcast or Directv, then you should switch. Just be prepared to see a rate hike eventually after you move. Its inevitable.
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@sbcglobal.net
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Re: thats great
said by jgkolt :The price increases i may be up to face (or someone new). $10 now for the hd tier (used to be free), $5 increase on U200 package, DVR no longer free but costing $9, 2 stb's costing $7+$7. $10 $5 $9 $7 $7 a $38 increase from the price the were offering a year ago until now. All these numbers exclude tax to make it easier. I pay $89 now (U200 1 dvr 2 stb 6mb internet)with an increase of $38 to now $127. That is a 42% increase in one year when they vow not to increase prices but don't lock price in with a contract. Now I am not sure how many of these new prices will effect me until next month but the cost for a new customer from a year ago is staggering. The satellites are looking cheap now. HD service was never free. It has always been a $10 charge. Don't know where that came from unless you specifically got some kind of deal.
As for the DVR, AFAIK, it is still included with the majority of their packages, like U200, U300 and U400 and even the UFamily. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| Show Me the Money!
I'd like to see data showing how the money is changing in all parties.
Is AT&T making a bigger profit, are they staying level, or are they actually losing money and simply attempting to reduce their losses?
Are the content providers just being greedy and trying to make a few extra dollars? Are advertisers not paying as much to the content providers because they are losing money? In turn, are content providers trying to stay level or are they, too, losing money and simply trying to minimize their losses?
Is it the talent (actors/writers) that is increasing their profits, causing a similar reaction from the content providers?
I don't need specifics, just averages, and I would be able to tell which party was making an increase or decrease by percentage. Who is losing money and who is making money? Do we blame Tom Cruise and the writers for Saturday Night Live? Is it Disney or some other media giant behind these price increases? Is this just AT&T raising prices to cover the cost of improving the services and infrastructure?
Since everyone always seems to blame the other guy, I suspect that everyone is taking a piece of the pie, except the customer. Regardless if the increases are used to generate pure profits, to keep an even keel, or to soften the blow from an economic downturn, everyone is making more money except the customer. |
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Mumbly Joe
@charter.com
|  Due to the recession hindsight is now 5/10 and falling
Where's my time machine? Wouldn't you just love to go back to those legislators/"leaders" that took all that ATT pac money and show them what the future of their State-wide franchises now look like? They should have built-in price controls and guarantees with heavy fee penalties if ATT promises didn't come to fruition. To bad there isn't a telco-lemon law. I am mainly burned about PEG access - ATT claims they support it, but they don't because our "leaders" allowed them to create a lose-lose scenario for this most important 1st amendment forum. Welcome to America, Inc. (a subsidiary of ChinaCo). Due to the recession hindsight is no longer 20/20 it's now 5/10 and falling.
Tell me, where is sanity? |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico | reply to hoyleysox
Re: Thinking of switching to Uverse
I was thinking of getting U-Verse within the next couple of months, but this rate hike making me think twice.
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
|  Competition will lower prices I swear.
Glad to see competition is lowering prices. 
Any city council member that rehashes a similar statement should get a swift kick in the nuts.
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jsz0
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT
·Comcast
| reply to jmn1207
Re: Show Me the Money!
It's a lot of things...
The cost of producing programming is going up
TV advertising is on a decline (local & national)
Viewership is down in favor of Internet, video games, DVD
So the programmers are increasing rates across the board.
They're losing landline customers hand over fist
They're losing highly profitable business data circuits (leased lines, frame relay, T1, ISDN, etc)
They're losing out to cable for consumer broadband
They're spending a ton of money to deploy U-Verse service
I'm actually surprised the rate hikes aren't higher. |
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