sky high?!.....Spectrum raising rates in November.....

[NewtonMP2100]

......broadcast fee is going up [ one can get broadcast channels free with antennae ]......


....internet going up by $4.......TV plans increasing......


Spectrum Is Raising Its TV & Internet Pricing (Including The 3rd Price Hike on Broadcast TV in 12 Months)

.......In October, Spectrum will start rolling out a price hike across most of its plans. This includes TV packages and internet services. Yesterday Spectrum started to send out notifications to customers informing them of this October price hike.

With this price change, you will now pay $13.50 a month for broadcast TV fees, which is up from $11.99 a month. This will add up to $162 a year to your bill just watch free over-the-air TV you could get with an antenna. (Spectrum’s streaming services TV Stream and TV Choice will see the Broadcast TV “Surcharge” increase from $5 a month to $6 a month.)

This is the 3rd price hike for Spectrum’s Broadcast TV Surcharge in the last 12 months. In November of 2018 Spectrum raised the Broadcast TV Surcharge from $8.85 a month to $9.95 a month. In March of 2019, it went up again from $9.95 to $11.99. Now it is going up to $13.99 a month. Even if you have a price lock your fees like the Broadcast TV Surcharge will still go up as it is not included in the price lock.

Here are some other price hikes that will reportedly start in October. (Note: The date is subject to change at the last minute.)

Spectrum Digital Adapters: $7.99 a month (was $7.50 a month)
Spectrum TV Select: $72.49 a month (was $64.99 a month)
Spectrum TV Silver: $92.49 (was $84.99)
Spectrum TV Gold: $112.49 (was $104.99)
Spectrum’s Standard Internet will go up to $69.99 a month (was $65.99) without Wi-Fi or $75.99 with Wi-Fi (was $70.99).

Spectrum customers will be notified about the price hike on their next bill, and the price hike will go into effect with their October bill......

[Don C]

Bummer! My Spectrum fee is high enough now. I would consider switching to streaming services and an antenna but having more than one source for content is not going to fly in this household.

T&T just dug a large hole in my front yard to run fiber down the road, but that line serves another part of town, not my house. Also, I have had friends with ATT service come here to watch a show that Spectrum carried that ATT did not. His service was much less dependable than Spectrum. Guess I am stuck.

Hey, it's only money, right? As a buddy said (several times), "They don't put pockets in shrouds."

[SteveG]

Spectrum is Charter Communications. Scum.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Looks like I cancelled my Spectrum TV account in the nick of time.

[sekker]

Ugh. And it was up and down all evening for us.

[SteveG]

They exist because they are given a Franchise by local governments. Why aren't the governments doing anything to restrain Charter from ripping off their citizens?

[steve...]

I've got internet & basic TV with them.

What's the best TV alternative?

[NewtonMP2100]

....Philo is one of the cheapest @ $20 but make sure it has the channels that you watch......

[S. Pupp]

I have internet through Spectrum. I'm sticking with them primarily because my cellphone plan with them has unlimited talk and text with 1GB data for only $14, and I get service in locations where I could not with T-Mobile.

[Ombligo]

Stuck with Spectrum, though I can't complain about the service as it is reliable. OTA isn't an option without a $700 elevated with guidewires antenna, and no other home internet choice.

Now, where is the vaseline?