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Originally Posted by AlamoCpl
I've had the same cell phone plan for 8 years and the rate has stayed the same since the beginning. Why do TV and internet providers play these games with their plans and prices?
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TV providers have to deal with ever-increasing fees from the networks they carry. For example, back when ESPN was a fledgling 1-channel network, the per-subscriber fee they charged cable and satellite providers was pennies per month.
ESPN now charges $3.65 per subscriber per month! For networks that subscribers can't opt out of, every bit of that fees is passed along to all of them. Those fees from networks are the biggest reason that cable and satellite rates consistenly go up.
It's interesting that you likened this pricing to a game because the cost of games is definitely affecting prices. The next time you hear that ESPN paid some league millions of dollars for the right to broadcast its games, keep in mind that if you're a cable or satellite subscriber, some of
that money will be coming out of
your pocket.
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