Included in my latest Comcast bill was a 2010 rate adjustments chart. It featured a long list of equipment and service charges that will get jacked up on June 1.
The most off-the-wall price hike?
The fee to downgrade your service (if it can’t be done remotely) is jumping from $10.95 to $40. How does a company justify a 265 percent increase?
Well, here’s the explanation for the various price changes, included on the rate adjustment sheet:
“Due to increasing operating expenses and other investments that we’re making to bring you the best that technology has to offer, effective June 1, 2010, some of our services, installation and equipment charges will change.”
The basic hourly service charge is increasing from $31.99 to $50 and the fee for a service upgrade (if not done remotely) will go from $15.99 to $40.
The company is dropping a few of their fees, such as the charge to install 3 products, which falls from $150 to $99.
The increases in equipment and installation/service fees are in addition to the programming rate hikes the company generally implements at the beginning of each year.
