[mythtv-users] Comcast SF Bay Area Raised Cablecard Fees

[Kirk Bocek]

On 7/14/2016 9:54 AM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes I am very familiar with the HD fee. This franchise charges $12 or $15
>> and it has been one of my great joys that having Cablecard avoids this
>> stupid fee. Now I wish there was a way to avoid things like "Regional Sports
>> Fee."
> There is.  You have to move to a location where the local region does
> not have sports teams.  Location, Location, Location (just like housing
> prices).
>
>> And they wonder why they're losing customers. If you read this, they
>> actually lost customers:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/02/comcast-shrugs-off-years-of-cord-cutting-losses-adds-89k-tv-customers/
> The numbers, as the trade rag admits, are misleading.  And
> they have a clear path forward, but you are not going to like that
> either.
>

And on the related on-going cable box thing:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Roku-Dislikes-FCC-Cable-Sectors-Fixes-for-the-Cable-Box-137403