A resounding NO! The annual price increases began around the same time that Rupert Murdoch assumed control of DirecTV...and even though he may be gone now, the tradition is continuing.
DirecTV did a great job holding the line on prices during the early years of my subscription. My programming package even decreased in price by at least a dollar one year, after a restructuring of their packages.
Personally, I'm fed up with annual increases. Where does it end?
OK, I don;t remember when Ruppert took over, I'll guess the increases started around '01, but don't know for sure.
As for the increases .... what were you thinking, they would put up all those high dollar sats so we can all have HD and NOT pay any more ?
This is a business, if they are not making money, they will not be in business long.
I know that ever year they will increase prices some.. incase you haven't noticed, prices on most everything goes up.
Gas prices were 49cents when I started driving.
Coffee use to cost much less than it does now ....
If your going to give up your TV because you are required to pay $3 more a month, try giving up one of your StarBucks coffee latte once a month and you'll cover it nicely .... .10 a day, per month.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like price increases either, but it's a fact of life that it HAPPENS.