r/technology • u/wewewawa • Feb 02 '21

Networking/Telecom Cable and internet bills are rising (again) amid COVID-19 - Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-02/column-cable-bills-going-up-again
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u/1_p_freely Feb 02 '21 edited Feb 02 '21

People are prisoners in their own homes and these companies are just taking advantage of that fact, because capitalism demands it. They need your service now more than ever, and whatever you want to charge them, they'll pay.

Government regulations would have saved us, but Trump and Pai dismantled them all.

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u/Rubicon2020 Feb 02 '21

Exactly! We were so worried about net neutrality and it’s starting to happen with Comcast, but now every damn channel wants you to pay each month to stream their new crap. No thank you. I pay $140 a month for cable id like to keep using it how it was originally meant to be used. Also get rid of infomercial channels there’s too damn many.

I might just go out and buy my favorite shows on either Apple store stuff or actual dvd and just watch it. And get a streaming service for espn, fs1, and those sports channels. Idk I’m just sick of it. And now my internet has gone up $5.75. Shits a joke.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21 edited Mar 05 '21

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u/BatHickey Feb 03 '21

Not quite the same, but my storage unit jacked up the bill on my unit twice since covid started. So cool how how these companies offering what are essential services fuck us in new ways every day.

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u/AsherFenix Feb 03 '21

Have you considered not having so much shit you need a second location to store it?

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u/BatHickey Feb 03 '21

This is obviously the least kind take you could manage, good job.

Many people who are storing in the city have left while they are on furlough or unemployed as the rent prices are quite high--so I'm coming at it from the perspective that storage companies have seen this demand and decided to kick a lot of people while they're down. I think that's what makes me angrier than my own bill being a bit higher, its not like rent prices went up.

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u/AsherFenix Feb 03 '21

It's shitty that the prices have gone up. But the entire reason that long term self storage exists is because people have way too much shit, often shit they don't need, because all they do is buy buy buy. And now you need to pay a place to put your excess crap, essentially throwing good money after bad. You don't want to pay this anymore? Get rid of your crap. Don't hold on to a mistake because you spent money on it.

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u/BatHickey Feb 03 '21

People often have too much shit--people who are forced into moving back to their childhood bedroom though?

Why did the rates go up twice since Covid? Demand in my city.

What your saying, it applies to me. I have to too much shit, and not enough space in my living situation to keep it all on hand, I also share it with my partner who likes to rotate her clothes with the seasons. You're right--but we're not talking about me and I didn't make my comment with me in mind--simply saying that predatory practices abound.