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Rates Increasing For Direct TV Customers
Well it is the time of year when both cable and satellite TV companies are raising rates.Comcast got the ball rolling in November of 2008, with notice that they would be raising rates on their subscribers. Dish Network followed up with their own announcement that took effect in early February of 2009, also raising prices on customers.
Direct TV is the latest major pay television operator to announce a price increase. The Direct TV price increase will take effect in early March, and will raise the prices of most packages between $3 and $5 dollars each. DirecTV is citing higher programming costs as the reason for the increase. DIRECTV prices have been raised for the past three years.
All in all, the increase won’t break any budgets. When you look at it logically, they are basically raising the price of service about a dime a day, well worth it for most satellite TV subscribers who watch between one and four hours of television each day. Still, it seems as if consumers are getting nickel and dimed to death, even with the economy going into the tank.
On the other hand, compare DIRECTV vs Dish Network and that will provide you a good idea on what satellite television will offer. One example is the price charged for DVR service every month. The Direct TV DVR is about per month, while Comcast charges upwards of for their DVR service. Charges like this really can increase your bill.
DirecTV had another great quarter to finish out 2008. They added over 300,000 customers in the last quarter of 2008, while Comcast lost 500,000. That in itself show that Direct TV feels comfortable raising rates, even though the economy continues to slow to a crawl. Dish Network satellite will certainly have a hard time keeping up with Direct TV in 2009, as they have lost a key reseller, with AT&T switching over and offering Direct TV service this year.
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As an employee and subscriber of DISH Network I get a bit of an inside look to the price increases. It certainly doesn’t make me happy either but I do understand why DISH, DirecTV and every service provider out there have to go through these as their costs rise. I am proud to say though, that DISH does make every effort to keep their prices as low as possible and it shows too. DISH is consistently less costly than DirecTV for similar programming packages and equipment. Anyone out there looking for a new service provider would do well to check out DISH, especially if cost is a concern.