BHN cfl raising prices

[jcarrera]

Just got a bill.
Has an insert page.
Page says they are raising both price of a converter box and price of "Combo".

I have 3 converters, so I will get 6.16 per month increase.
Oh, plus taxes on top of that too.

Thank you, BHN. Guess $140.87 just wasn't enough for you huh?
Now, I am asking myself: do I get $140.87 + 6.16 worth of enjoyment out of this? Answer: NO!
Wait, I do use the internet a lot, so let's take $50 out of it for that.
Now, I am asking myself: do I get $90.87 + 6.16 worth of enjoyment out of this? Answer: NO!

Tell you what. I'll trade you about 100 channels of c*** for no increase. Deal?

If no deal, there's gonna be a lot of thinking going on about an antenna. One month's no-bill from you will pay for a dang good antenna. And there's streaming too. And there's radio. And there's reading.

Watch out Brighthouse. Some houses are about to go dim. Ball's in your court. Have you miscalculated this time as to how much you can squeeze? We will see, won't we?

[The Insider]

Every single provider is raising rates. and i agree they are getting out of hand. The biggest burden is from the content providers though. Over 40% of your bill goes directly to the channel providers. That leaves a small portion for over head and profit. The sat companies have typically remained a bit cheaper then cable but the overhead costs are more fixed and a bit less.

There are ways to get your bill cheaper as with ANY company. Call to cancel and if you have to really cancel. They will give you the deal of the lifetime to stay, then 1-2 years later depending on length rinse and repeat.

[Islandguy43]

Every single provider is raising rates. and i agree they are getting out of hand. The biggest burden is from the content providers though. Over 40% of your bill goes directly to the channel providers. That leaves a small portion for over head and profit. The sat companies have typically remained a bit cheaper then cable but the overhead costs are more fixed and a bit less.

There are ways to get your bill cheaper as with ANY company. Call to cancel and if you have to really cancel. They will give you the deal of the lifetime to stay, then 1-2 years later depending on length rinse and repeat.

I don't necessarily buy that it is the huge increased content costs for the providers. It seems more like Corporate Greed to me. For years they havebeen rebroadcasting channels, charging subscribers for the service to receive them, and then the Satellite/Cable Co. inserts their own commercials that they sell for additional revenue. Are they justly raising their advertising rates the same percentage too?

[feb1003]

I live in california , i have brighthouse, i recive increase notice also, its time to turn them off, im paying over $120.00 a month, i watch a total of about 20 chs, i want nfl ch and red zone, they dont offer it, good by cable hello internet, $8.00 for netflix looks good

[The Insider]

I don't necessarily buy that it is the huge increased content costs for the providers. It seems more like Corporate Greed to me. For years they havebeen rebroadcasting channels, charging subscribers for the service to receive them, and then the Satellite/Cable Co. inserts their own commercials that they sell for additional revenue. Are they justly raising their advertising rates the same percentage too?

How do you not buy that its increased content cost? Have you not been paying attention to all the content providers raising rates? Including channels that were "Free" before now costing money? The companies have to recover that money some where. Not to mention the fact everything is going up. From the cost of raw material, to cost of labor to fuel.

The cable companies also insert ads because they buy the space from the channel. They enter into agreements to give them certain time slots etc.

[Islandguy43]

How do you not buy that its increased content cost? Have you not been paying attention to all the content providers raising rates? Including channels that were "Free" before now costing money? The companies have to recover that money some where. Not to mention the fact everything is going up. From the cost of raw material, to cost of labor to fuel.

The cable companies also insert ads because they buy the space from the channel. They enter into agreements to give them certain time slots etc.

Sounds like you work for a Cable Company. BTW since when do they buy space in order to promote their own cable company constantly to me. I.E. Time Warner constantly bragging on their "space" to promote their triple plays and their own news channel that is not available on FIOS or Satellite. Seems to me they should use their advertising potential subs rather than currently subs.

[The Insider]

Sounds like you work for a Cable Company. BTW since when do they buy space in order to promote their own cable company constantly to me. I.E. Time Warner constantly bragging on their "space" to promote their triple plays and their own news channel that is not available on FIOS or Satellite. Seems to me they should use their advertising potential subs rather than currently subs.

I do, but that does not mean anything I said was not fact. I certainly have bashed the company when they are wrong and defended them when they are right.

[Islandguy43]

I do, but that does not mean anything I said was not fact. I certainly have bashed the company when they are wrong and defended them when they are right.

Oh...you work for a Cable Company; so that should make your views neutral and unbiased, because the Cable Company does not provide you with free or extremely discounted services?

[The Insider]

Oh...you work for a Cable Company; so that should make your views neutral and unbiased, because the Cable Company does not provide you with free or extremely discounted services?

I get everything free except RR Lightning adn the bastards make me pay 10 bucks a month for it. What a rip..

But what does any of this have to do with there being nothing but fact in the post I made. Instead of trying to discredit me, why not try to prove something I wrote as being inaccurate?

[Islandguy43]

I get everything free except RR Lightning adn the bastards make me pay 10 bucks a month for it. What a rip..

But what does any of this have to do with there being nothing but fact in the post I made. Instead of trying to discredit me, why not try to prove something I wrote as being inaccurate?

I just find it hard to believe, that you can be an objective neutral critic of a company whom you make your living from. On top of that fact; you receive basically the same service for free, which us actual subscribers have to pay for. I fee your pain for having to pay $10.00 a month for a premium internet service, which would cost me individually $65 a month. So you won't receive any sympathy from me, that your Company has outrageous increasing programing costs. After all they are passing the savings from not carrying the NFL Network or Mark Cuban's HD Networks onto the consumers aren't they?