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the Price of Basic Cable with Premium Channels

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Location 
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$ 90
May 2008
Rincon, GA
Price per month for cable plus premium channels  more... close row
$ 40
May 2007
Phoenix, AZ
Basic cable with one premium channel group  more... close row
$ 75
May 2008
Columbus, Ohio
Better than a satellite dish  more... close row
$ 60
Apr 2008
Columbus, OH
Get what you pay for with cable TV  more... close row
$ 90
May 2008
Sterling, Illinois
Extended Basic Cable with one premium package  more... close row
$ 65
May 2008
San Diego,
Debating between cable and satellite  more... close row
$ 50
May 2007
Cleveland, Ohio
Cable plus two tiers of premium channels  more... close row
$ 45
May 2008
San Diego, CA
Consider that all going digital soon  more... close row
$ 40
Apr 2007
sacramento, ca
Cable provides entertainment for weekends  more... close row
$ 70
Mar 2008
Ashland City, TN
Premium channels ended up not being watched much  more... close row

Description of service

When we signed up with our cable provider we asked for all the premium channels. We figured we'd get good use out of them. It was $20 more than the basic cable service. We were getting a good deal. In the beginning, we watched those premium channels all the time. We were paying for them, might as well get our money worth.


Review of Service

The channels were great, we slowly started watching more shows on the basic channels and then figuring this out. We decided to cancel the premium channels and just stick with the basic channels. There was no point in paying for the channels we weren't watching very much. Had the premium package been at a lower rate we might have kept the package. However paying $20 a month for channels we watched on average once or twice a week we were not getting a good deal.


Tips

Call around to all providers in your area and ask for the rates. In my town we only have one provider so you are stuck with them, which means they can raise the rates and you either have cable or you don't. Don't go crazy overboard ordering channels you know you aren't going to watch just because you think it's a good deal.


$ 65
Dec 2007
New York, NY
Paying a little more at the beginning might save money  more... close row
$ 45
Mar 2008
Kalamazoo, MI
HBO as a bonus to cable  more... close row
$ 65
May 2008
East Lansing, MI
Premium channels are cheaper with specials  more... close row
$ 30
Jan 2007
Phoenix, Arizona
Basic service with one premium channel added  more... close row
$ 85
May 2008
Memphis, Tennessee
Some premium channels even free  more... close row
$ 59
Mar 2008
Faribault, MN
Montly cable price locked in for a year  more... close row
$ 40
Mar 2008
Salt Lake City, UT
Premium channels included free for first three months  more... close row
$ 45
May 2008
baltimore, md
Cable company has good customer service  more... close row
$ 33
May 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Cable part of package  more... close row
$ 30
Jan 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Automatic renewal is convenient  more... close row
$ 44
Jan 2008
Baltimore, MD
High Competition for Cable  more... close row
$ 60
May 2008
Akron OH
See if you can get a package deal  more... close row