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kbennett

join:1999-08-30
San Diego, CA

reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: BB prices down; but gas; electric; water prices up

said by GOLFnSUN See Profile :

If you have Basic Cable - channels 2 through 22 - the good news is the price is going down in Lafayette from $15.96 a month to $12.97 a month.
Seems this was left out of the BBR summary.
You also lose The Weather Channel, ESPN, and the TV Guide channel from the Basic Cable tier.

I should hope the price would go down if you're removing channels...

bbenso1

join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD

said by kbennett See Profile :

You also lose The Weather Channel, ESPN, and the TV Guide channel from the Basic Cable tier.

I should hope the price would go down if you're removing channels...
And, on a related note, if you had Basic Cable just for ESPN or TWC (which I'd be willing to bet some people do) and you want to keep those channels your bill actually goes up from $15.96 to to $46.99!! That's right, if you want to keep watching ESPN your cable bill could go up more than 300%.

Anyone want to place any wagers on what the most popular channel was on the old Basic Cable package? My money's on ESPN.

bbenso1

join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD

reply to kbennett
said by kbennett See Profile :

You also lose The Weather Channel, ESPN, and the TV Guide channel from the Basic Cable tier.

I should hope the price would go down if you're removing channels...
Although, I'm sure I've heard repeatedly that the per-subscriber rates for ESPN are a major factor in keeping cable package prices high. If that's really the case, shouldn't removing ESPN from a package reduce the cost by more than $3? And that's not even counting any other channels that are getting removed...

On a side note, anyone else ever notice how TKJunkMail mysteriously disappears from discussions when someone points out facts inconvenient to his arguments?


marigolds
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join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO

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said by kbennett See Profile :

You also lose The Weather Channel, ESPN, and the TV Guide channel from the Basic Cable tier.

I should hope the price would go down if you're removing channels...
ESPN and TWC cost a lot more than $3/month per subscriber too. So Cox will actually be making more money per basic subscriber (in addition to forcing quite a few people over to expanded basic to get ESPN).
I can't believe they are actually moving TWC and TV Guide off basic cable. That is just wrong in so many ways and really goes against the purpose (especially TWC) or basic cable. ESPN? It really belongs on expanded basic anyway and was probably unreasonably inflating the cost of basic.
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