But Comcast, owners of NBC, is responding to cord cutters (who cut cable but still have net from them) by boosting internet prices for those who still want to watch a lot of TV that way.
>>At a time when consumers stream more video and more movies than ever before, Comcast wants to limit the amount of data its broadband customers can use. Customers in some states, mostly in the Southeast, will soon have data caps of 300GB a month, and the new pricing model may go national before too long...Cord cutting is clearly behind Comcast’s new broadband data caps. The company likely hopes to have these caps in place before cord cutting truly goes mainstream and eats into its traditional source of revenue: pay TV services.
>>Cord cutting is a national, not regional, phenomenon so it seems likely that the company will eventually go national with its new pricing policy. In fact, a Comcast executive said last year that he expects the company to roll out “usage-based billing” — in other words, data caps — to all of its customers within five years
Why don’t they go for a la carte programming instead of their bundles.
I have been cable tv free since 2007. I would consider coming back if they offered a la carte.
I refuse to pay for liberal propaganda.
Must control the means of communication, just as the “workers” control the means of production...
This has been my standard reply to people that advocate cord-cutting.
The internet providers will respond by hiking their subscription rates.
Other than going completely offline with over-the-air stations and no internet, you’re going to wind up paying for networks you don’t like one way or another.
>>But Comcast, owners of NBC, is responding to cord cutters (who cut cable but still have net from them) by boosting internet prices for those who still want to watch a lot of TV that way.<<
That makes sense. Good thing for Comcast there are no competitors people can go to.
If they charge a unknown amount for usage I will drop my cable internet. I will not do a open ended bill amount. It will be a fixed amount every month or none.
Look what happened to the cell phone guys when there was a alternative to a usage bill. They are getting there butt handed to them by track phones with unlimited data text and talk. Some one will do the same to the cable companies if they do this. Sure they may do well for a year or two till some one else come into the market.