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The monthly cable or satellite bill arrives in the mailboxes of just under 100 million American households each month. The average digital cable bill is a whopping $75 -- and rises about 5% each year.
How to cut the cable TV cord Here are the steps to take when you’re ready to break free from your cable TV service, starting with your current cable contract. Step 1: Check your cable contract
Problem: Your Cable TV Plan A Netflix streaming-only subscription starts at $7.99 a month for basic service and goes up to $13.99 a month for the premium option.
The rates for cable services increased excessively, surpassing inflation. As a result, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 had been enacted by the U.S. Congress. The Act had the goal to restore Federal regulation of the cable television industry and respond to complaints about poor cable service and high rates. [2]
In broadcast television, cord-cutting refers to the pattern of viewers, referred to as cord-cutters, cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel television services available over cable or satellite, dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV viewed in response to competition from rival media available over the Internet.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
For years now, personal finance experts have been recommending cutting the cord on cable and using streaming services as a way to save money.According to a recent study from bill pay service doxo ...
Other ways of cable theft were using a cable TV converter box (also known as a descrambler or "black box") to steal all channels and decrypt pay-per-view events, whereas a normal converter would only decrypt the ones paid for by the customer. The cable companies could send an electronic signal, called a "bullet", that would render illegal ...