Posted on 04/11/2012 8:07:07 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Move over, $5 a gallon gas — America’s new household budget buster may soon be the $200 a month cable bill.
While wages for US workers have remained stagnant, cable bills have quietly climbed 6 percent a year and will pass $200 a month by 2020, according to an alarming industry forecast released yesterday.
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My Verizon Wireless LTE/WiFi adaptor costs $50/month with a 5 GB monthly cap. I use every bit and on a rare occasion I've stepped over 250 MB and had a $10 overage charge. That device will never be used as a Netflix path. It is barely adequeate to keep my 3 Linux and one WinXP machines patched plus some minimum web surfing/e-mail. Pretty damn expensive for so little utility.
The government gives money for people to eat.
The government gives cell phones to the poor.
The government gives free healthcare to the poor.
How long before they give free cable to the poor? This country is rotting away right before our eyes.
Bingo. Netflix.
$62/mo for fast internet* + $8/mo Netflix + $99/once** for AppleTV = way more video than I can consume, when I want, commercial free.
* - price just went up, wondering if they refactored tiers and bumped customers hoping they wouldn’t notice. I noticed, will look at downgrading.
** - upgrade every few years. The latest 1080p upgrade would be nice, but 720p upscaled is plenty good for us now.
For recent movies, there’s Redbox at ~$1.50/night for Bluray.
For “I want X right now”, there’s iTunes at $1-5/rental.
For anything else, there’s get a life. Way too much else to read/watch/do.
Only thing missing is streaming live news. BIG opening there for someone to make $$$.
Remember: feds gave away Digital TV converters not long ago.
The old movies ARE VHS. Our library will have a sale next month...Both VHS and DVD....stupid cheap.
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