Cable and Internet fee increases in 2015
EPB Fi TV 2014 // 2015 Bronze $12.99/month // $14.99/month Silver $59.99/month // $67.99/month Gold $71.99/month // $80.99/month Comcast 2014 // 2015 Broadcast TV $1.50/month // $3.25/month Custom installation hourly service charge $60/hour // $70/hour Installation service call $60/hour // $70/hour Modem $7/month // $9/month
The new year will bring rate increases for most Chattanooga-area cable and Internet subscribers.
The higher fees that Comcast, EPB and AT&T will charge are due to equipment and infrastructure costs or broadcast fees, according to the companies.
Comcast’s basic cable service will cost about 14 percent more beginning Jan. 1, $14.10 a month compared with $12.85. That’s because a broadcast television fee will be more than twice what it was: $3.25 a month as opposed to $1.50.
The increase isn’t as drastic for customers paying for one of the company’s digital television packages, though. For example, the broadcast fee coupled with a Digital Preferred package amounts to a 2 percent increase, from $79.70 to $81.45.