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Cable bills to pass $200 a month by 2020: industry forecast
New York Post ^ | April 11, 2012 | PAUL THARP

Posted on 04/11/2012 8:07:07 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Move over, $5 a gallon gas — America’s new household budget buster may soon be the $200 a month cable bill.

While wages for US workers have remained stagnant, cable bills have quietly climbed 6 percent a year and will pass $200 a month by 2020, according to an alarming industry forecast released yesterday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bills; cable
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To: ConservativeStatement; All

Kill you rTV, disconnect from the cable, stop receiving satellite. I’ve been without for about 5 years, hasn’t even been a burden at all. In fact, all of a sudden, you will find you have LOTS of extra time.


21 posted on 04/11/2012 9:01:10 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Only a Liberal could believe that prices would increase 400% even as the number of free and low-cost competitors increases exponentially.

Frankly this is probably propaganda, put out by the cable industry and intended to put a scare into sports leagues over their escalating rights fees.


22 posted on 04/11/2012 9:03:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: RoadGumby

Extra time and extra money too!

TV is a time parasite


23 posted on 04/11/2012 9:04:14 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Mine’s going to cross 200 with the next rate hike. Of course I’m all bundled, that’s cable (extended tier HD with DVR), interwebs and phone.


24 posted on 04/11/2012 9:04:14 AM PDT by discostu (I did it 35 minutes ago)
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To: TheBattman

Totally sat TV-free since last June.

We have been catching up on science fiction series and movies via Netflix. We had dropped the alphabets back in 2004. Now, I realize that Syfy would take series episodes totally out of context, plus, they were so chopped up for ad breaks that it was difficult to follow the plot lines. Movies and mini-series, as well. The DVDs and streaming episodes/movies are a joy, with all the content, no commercials, the ability to pause or resume later and, more and more often, now, closed captions.

We watch The Real News from the Blaze for current news. We may cut our GBTV subscription back to $5/month, since we don’t watch their other offerings very often.

I wouldn’t pay $70 for DirecTV, why would I ever pay $200? We can also get many Food Network shows on streaming, NOVA, the few real history shows, etc, etc. Unless you _have_ to have the absolutely most current show in real time, there is no reason to sub to any TV service, IMO.


25 posted on 04/11/2012 9:05:07 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: ConservativeStatement
As mentioned, "cable" is a luxury, and the cablemasters need to be aware that Atlas will shrug violently if they get obama-GREEDY with their "offering".

Personally, I will not pay any rate near that to see Bill O'Reilly or even the (rewritten) History Channel.

I've already cancelled all premium channels due to a) Cost and b)liberal themes.

I'm one of the lucky ones who was about 13 before we even had a TV, and I KNOW I can live without it. There's always movie rental, or even a good outdoor antenna as a last resort.

Television is one of the prime reasons that this country has jumped into lockstep with liberalism over the past 50 years, and now that's about all you hear on the tube.

The sets are much better, but the programming content sucks big time.
26 posted on 04/11/2012 9:09:31 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: ConservativeStatement

Government is beginning to subsidize cable and cell phone service for low income households.

So, like any other business with a guaranteed payer, prices will soar.


27 posted on 04/11/2012 9:10:12 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: ConservativeStatement
Internet and cell phone also cost a lot less in foreign countries. Our corrupt system of bribes campaign contributions ensures that our choices are limited.
28 posted on 04/11/2012 9:14:50 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: ConservativeStatement

My Dish bill is $22 a month if and when it gets to $30 it gets turned off......


29 posted on 04/11/2012 9:29:33 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

One of the ONLY reasons I’ve kept cable in recent years has been because of FoxNews. Yet, in the past six months, thanks to all the Romney-cheerleading, I’ve now all but stopped watching Fox. Only tune in for an occasional Greta interview or Palin appearance. My viewership of the station is down by a good 95% I’d say. So it’s really become pointless for me to continue subscribing to cable. I’m truly just inches away from cancelling.


30 posted on 04/11/2012 9:32:07 AM PDT by greene66
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To: ConservativeStatement

Who uses cable anymore?
The only wire into my home is broadband internet, and even that’s glass.
You can get TV (including commercials) free on the internet.
The VOIP can be had for under $10 a month, so you don’t need phone either.


31 posted on 04/11/2012 9:43:31 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (End Obama's War On Freedom.)
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To: mamelukesabre

You can’t really go to the cellular network for broadband. They are having issues keeping up with demand. ATT recently jacked up their data plan from 25 for 2gigs to 30 for 3gigs. You go over that, you spend another 30 bucks. Streaming videos to watch instead of cable will not be practical like that. Every carrier except Tmobile that I am aware of, have got rid of their unlimited data plans.

Cell phone companies on the whole are experiencing rapid growth in data usage due to the smart phones. They will rapidly hit the wall where there is no more spectrum to buy.


32 posted on 04/11/2012 9:55:34 AM PDT by BJ1
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To: ConservativeStatement

Oh, I am very certain that mine won’t.


33 posted on 04/11/2012 10:02:27 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: ConservativeStatement
Cable used to be a great value when the History Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, Nat Geographic showed high quality documentaries every night.

Now that they've all become subsidiaries of the Hillbilly Reality Show Network, forget it.

34 posted on 04/11/2012 10:38:52 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Oh, no!! Uzbeks have drunk my battery fluid!)
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To: BJ1

I think they will get it figured out before a wall is hit. They are always figuring out ways to cram more data onto a carrier wave. They are even working on eliminating carrier waves completely...as in ultra wide band radio transmission. If we have to switch to sat phone/cell phone hybrids that operate in the microwave spectrum, so be it. Or if we have to switch to cell systems that use more towers spaced closer together, so be it.


35 posted on 04/11/2012 10:39:27 AM PDT by mamelukesabre (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I cancelled my cable early last year. Every time I tried to watch a show, they would cover it up with advertisements for other shows - they wouldn’t let me watch the programs that I was paying for. I now own all of my favorite TV shows on DVD (except for a few that haven’t been released) and I can watch them whenever I want.


36 posted on 04/11/2012 10:43:39 AM PDT by grundle
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That’s right...this is actually DESENSITIZATION, and these companies will be right behind pushing big government payrolls government workers being their consumers with our stolen money.


37 posted on 04/11/2012 10:52:50 AM PDT by Varsity Flight (Phony-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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To: ConservativeStatement
No need for cable when you have DVDs:


38 posted on 04/11/2012 10:54:14 AM PDT by grundle
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To: ConservativeStatement
The cable bill at my house is $0/month. Verizon Wireless is getting over $300/month due to multiple smart phones with data plans. If I become income constrained, I'll be happy to drop those costs to near zero too.
39 posted on 04/11/2012 11:49:05 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Sacajaweau
I buy old movies at the library for 25 cents.

Gee that is a great price for super 8 movies!
40 posted on 04/11/2012 11:49:22 AM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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