the Price of Basic Cable with Premium Channels

For the extended basic cable with premium channels it is near $90 and that is with only one added premium package. If you want all of the premium channels it will cost in the upwards of $150 taxes and fees added you are looking at paying close to $200 a month for these services. It takes around two weeks for the cable company to schedule hook up or repairs of any nature, in which you are paying for service whether your cable is working properly or not.

The service for one company's cable is at best ok. Their HD channels really do not live up to the hoopla, even after buying a high end HD plasma tv. There is only a limited amount of High definition channels available on cable and they are not even the movie channels.

Right now satellite dish prices are cheaper and there is more channels available. Cable only has the basic channels and most satellite dish networks have good start up deals offering premium channels for free for at least one year of paid service and they offer a wider variety of channel packages to suit individual interests and affordability. If you are going to pay for cable the best package is the one that is called extended basic, it is enough channels and the possibility of pay per view for movies.