swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
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join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs:  | Atleast it hasn't gone up.
At least the price of Comcast HSI hasn't risen in years. Theoretically, it is getting cheaper due to inflation :-D |
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nona404
@comcast.net
| said by swhitney2003  :At least the price of Comcast HSI hasn't risen in years. Theoretically, it is getting cheaper due to inflation :-D You obviously do not know how inflation works. Inflation does NOT happen when the economy is in near or in recession area.  |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
 ·Comcast
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Comcast's HSI is extremely profitable for them so there's no reason to raise prices. They have also cut costs for themselves by getting rid of UseNet and implementing caps and throttling.
Finally they partially subsidize HSI with income from their TV packages so in theory when your cable TV rates go up, Comcast gets more money for HSI.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| reply to swhitney2003
said by swhitney2003 :At least the price of Comcast HSI hasn't risen in years. Theoretically, it is getting cheaper due to inflation :-D It has just in a different way. They hold a knife to the throat by bundling your HSI w/cable. If you don't have cable, you pay an extra 20%. But if you do have HSI/cable, they just raise the cable rates. Don't ever think Comcast has stagnant rates, they always find a way to raise them! |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | reply to nona404
huh?? |
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hobgoblin
Sortof Agoblin
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join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
clubs: | reply to Morac
"Finally they partially subsidize HSI with income from their TV packages"
Totally false.
Hob
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
·Comcast
| said by hobgoblin :"Finally they partially subsidize HSI with income from their TV packages" Totally false. Actually it's true. That's why Comcast charges more for HSI if you don't sign up for the TV service.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
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said by S_engineer :said by swhitney2003 :At least the price of Comcast HSI hasn't risen in years. Theoretically, it is getting cheaper due to inflation :-D It has just in a different way. They hold a knife to the throat by bundling your HSI w/cable. If you don't have cable, you pay an extra 20%. But if you do have HSI/cable, they just raise the cable rates. Don't ever think Comcast has stagnant rates, they always find a way to raise them! But even without HSI, the cable TV rates still go up.
Cable TV gets rate increases from the likes of ESPN and the other networks. Do you think that they will just eat it and keep the TV prices down?
Fuck no! They will slide those rate increases right over to you and I!
Now, my HSI has yet to get an increase... no amount of speculation can explain that - and it isn't because of TV.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| your right, as the industry raises rates, comcast will pass those along. But your still paying an extra $15 to $20 if you choose HSI without cable.
So in essence, they got you paying extra without cable, or with cable.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
2 edits | 
Snag from this month's bill |
If you want Cable TV you pay for Cable TV with all the nice rate hikes - cable companies are mainly a cable TV service.
If you want Cable HSI only, you get to pay full price for it - aka without the two service discount.
I had cable TV for years before ever getting HSI. Price has gone up kinda regularly. 
5 years ago, I added HSI to my cable service.
The price then was $42.95.
About a year into HSI, I opted to pay $10 more for the added speed(mainly for the higher upload speed).
That pushed my HSI to $52.95 per month
Cable TV has kept on having the yearly/bi-yearly price increases.
This month's Comcast bill states that my HSI is still $52.95.
Now, even if I didn't have HSI(with the discount), the Cable TV price will have still been increased, right?
So, my HSI has not had a price increase in 5 years(depending if you want to count the $10 Extra for speed).
According to my bill, the discount is $14 for having two srevices.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
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| reply to Morac
said by Morac :said by hobgoblin :"Finally they partially subsidize HSI with income from their TV packages" Totally false. Actually it's true. That's why Comcast charges more for HSI if you don't sign up for the TV service. Yeah, but what about the golden goo in that guy's shoe who outruns the land speed record vehicle on the salt flats? That ridiculous f'n bullshit doesn't come cheap!
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
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said by morbo :huh?? The latest economic concern is about Stagflation, which is what you call a market where costs of producing goods are rising but the market will not bear price increases. This is really bad news for businesses. We aren't there yet but people in the know are pretty worried about it coming soon. If it does happen, it would completely derail the President-Elect's stated tax plan.
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tapeloop
1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss.
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join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One | I think he was joking. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| reply to dadkins
I understand what your saying, it's just that I don't except the premise of a "discounted" price. This is a overcharge, Comcast is losing nothing if your at $42 a month. They gain an added fee if your not a cable subscriber, or they get you with the incremental fees if you are. This is like one of those Jewel Preferred Customer cards that basically tell you how much they're overcharging you on a daily basis!
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floridaguy
@cox.net | reply to footballdude
Someone needs to update his financial news. It is believed that we may enter a deflationary period. Stagflation is totally a september idea. |
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James P
@comcast.net
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If you are like me I only use Comcast HSI and have never plugged a TV into the cable line. But I still pay for Limited Basic because its cheaper then going without it. So every time they raise their cable rates my HSI in effect goes up. The latest price increase is actually why I've been researching this whole thing for a bit this morning and how I ended up here. It's getting to a point that it's out of my budget and I don't need quite that fast and full of that many services. :/ I'd rather pay $29.99 that Cox offers for a slower sped... except they don't offer service in our area. |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO | reply to floridaguy
said by floridaguy :
Stagflation is totally a september idea.
Hah, depends on who you listen to. Someone's always spreading doom around.
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chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23
·TekSavvy Solutions..
1 edit | reply to swhitney2003
allow me to do some math
5 megabit unlimited = 1.3 TB
giving you 50 megabit at 250GB cap is like giving you
.1 megabit unlimited
so whats the price ( heard around 90$USD)
so your really paying 900$/megabit of DOWNLOAD
( not speed , speed just means that you reach that cap that in 1987 you had as unlimited have dual compression 56K dialup modems) |
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