Pretty much. With the rate increases that kicked in this past month, our Comcast subscription has jumped $30/month over the past 2 years. I called them last week to ask if there was anything we could do to reduce our bill. They asked if they could bundle my cable and cell phone. I cannot because I need AT&T for cell service, and the Comcast offering uses I believe Verizon's towers. They asked if they could bundle my home internet. I cannot because we get free high speed internet as part of our HOA fees. Beyond that they explained they had nothing to offer unless I wanted to reduce the number of channels I get. He said my basic cable is $30/month, and I get the sports package so we can get our RSNs for baseball and basketball, we get another "entertainment" package which gives us channels like HGTV and the Food network, which we watch. He explained our total cable bill for services is $80/month and the other $53 is all taxes and fees which he cannot adjust. So basically my options were to 1) Cut one or more packages to reduce the number of channels I get, 2) Get rid of the cable boxes I have so the monthly cable box rental goes away and I'd need to log onto my Comcast account via my cell phone, tablet or SmartTV to watch TV that way, or 3) Suck it up and continue to pay the man.
In other words, they're much less willing (or able) to try and lower monthly cable bills than they were in the past, even when you threaten to cut the cord and go elsewhere. Right now, it's still best for us to stick with Comcast, but if rates rise again or if the whole mess with Bally Sports and RSNs takes those off cable and causes us to pay to stream our major league sports teams, then we'll consider ditching Xfinity for sure.
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