You can now listen to Deminski & Doyle - On Demand! Hear New Jersey’s favorite afternoon radio show any day of the week. Opinions expressed in the post above are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski only. So that Comcast increase? Sucks, but you’ll pay it. Try managing things with your kid’s school communications without a laptop. The list goes on and on.Īnd we’ve set up society today so that these things aren’t luxuries. We didn’t pay for a modem every month because there was nothing that needed one. We didn’t pay for things like computers and laptops because they didn’t exist. We didn’t pay for things like cell phones. While limited, television was free back then. If you ever wonder why it seems you can’t get ahead and have it worse than your parents and grandparents seemed to, think about it. Renting a modem from Comcast? That’s up by 7% from $14 to $15. The price you’ll pay for a TV box and remote is going up to $10, from $8.50. “TV networks and other video programmers continue to raise their prices, with broadcast television and sports being the biggest drivers of increases in customers’ bills,” company spokesperson Jennifer Bilotta told Philadelphia Inquirer.

Information in recent Xfinity statements said their costs were going up “in response to increases in expenses impacting our services” such as TV networks charging more for retransmission. This nearly 4% hike follows that 3% increase from last year.Ĭomcast says don’t blame them. 20, you will see a national average increase of 3.8%.

The nation’s largest cable and internet provider just hiked rates a year ago. Well, if you’re a Comcast customer you’re about to pay even more.

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