We've had the Welcome Pack off and on (mostly on) for the last 5 years or so. Every so often we'll bump up to a more expensive package because we want a/some channel(s) for a short amount of time. Then we switch back to the Welcome Pack.
The price was pretty stable for years:
2015 - $20/month
2016 - $20/month
2017 - $20/month
For the last two years, it went up each January:
2018 - $23/month
2019 - $26/month
With the NCAA conference tournaments and the big dance, we wanted to be able to watch IOWA. The Big 10 app suuuucks, so we needed the Big 10 Network (not available on the Welcome Pack). With the NCAA tourney, some games are on TNT or Tru (neither are included on the Welcome Pack). So we bumped up to the AT Top 200 to get all of these channels. I figured we'd probably keep it for a month and then go back to the Welcome Pack.
Of course it was a totally moronic move in hindsight. The first game IA played in the Big 10 tourney they blew out their opponent. The second game they played in the Big 10 tourney they got blown out by their opponent. So neither of those were must-watch. Then both games of the NCAA tourney they played aired on CBS (locals are included on the Welcome Pack).
IA's run in the tourney over, we were two weeks into the AT Top 200 when I figured we should drop back down to the Welcome Pack. It was cheaper to pay the $5 (change programming within 30 days) fee than it was to keep AT Top 200 for 30 days and then go back to the Welcome Pack. I chatted with a woman who took care of it quickly. When she sent the "Your new monthly total will be..."-message, it was $5 more than we paid in January & February (when the price of the Welcome Pack had already increased from last year). I figured she was talking about the $5 charge you incur when you change programming packages within 30 days of making a change. I figured it was for that first month back.
But now on my billing it looks like the Welcome Pack is $30/month. Did the price really increase twice in the first 3-4 months of the year?
The price was pretty stable for years:
2015 - $20/month
2016 - $20/month
2017 - $20/month
For the last two years, it went up each January:
2018 - $23/month
2019 - $26/month
With the NCAA conference tournaments and the big dance, we wanted to be able to watch IOWA. The Big 10 app suuuucks, so we needed the Big 10 Network (not available on the Welcome Pack). With the NCAA tourney, some games are on TNT or Tru (neither are included on the Welcome Pack). So we bumped up to the AT Top 200 to get all of these channels. I figured we'd probably keep it for a month and then go back to the Welcome Pack.
Of course it was a totally moronic move in hindsight. The first game IA played in the Big 10 tourney they blew out their opponent. The second game they played in the Big 10 tourney they got blown out by their opponent. So neither of those were must-watch. Then both games of the NCAA tourney they played aired on CBS (locals are included on the Welcome Pack).
IA's run in the tourney over, we were two weeks into the AT Top 200 when I figured we should drop back down to the Welcome Pack. It was cheaper to pay the $5 (change programming within 30 days) fee than it was to keep AT Top 200 for 30 days and then go back to the Welcome Pack. I chatted with a woman who took care of it quickly. When she sent the "Your new monthly total will be..."-message, it was $5 more than we paid in January & February (when the price of the Welcome Pack had already increased from last year). I figured she was talking about the $5 charge you incur when you change programming packages within 30 days of making a change. I figured it was for that first month back.
But now on my billing it looks like the Welcome Pack is $30/month. Did the price really increase twice in the first 3-4 months of the year?
