Broadcast TV fee raised AGAIN!!!

The problem with the "it a federal rule" excuse is that Comcast does NOT provide data on the fees they pay to air local programs.  I checked with the Oregon public utilities commission and found that the fees paid by Comcast did NOT increase this year.  Nonetheless, the fee Comcast charges me increased by about 50%.  That's not a "cost pass-through" or a "federal rule."  That's just Comcast ripping off customers.

omg this is so true and it is not jsut comcast its all providers  verizon direct tv etc. the  the OTT providers do not have to charge these fees so it seems less but in th elong run you still need to have  internet and pay seperatley for each ott provider which in some cases is more expensive.  there is no servic ecenters for OTT providers no 24/7 support alot of times you get what you pay for. its a good quality serivce and it is worth every dime i pay

this  is useful info off of comcast facts website   

The thing that gets me is that the channels with this fee for are typically part of your channel lineup on pretty much every 'package' offered. So they're charging you TWICE for these channels. 

Our bill went up from $139 and change last month to $186 and change this month. Albeit we weren't on a "deal", which apparently they don't want to give to established customers as trying at the local Xfinity 'store' got me nowhere and I guess corporate told the sales reps working at Walmart they can't do anything for current customers anymore either.

So I guess tonight i get to waste an hour or more talking to somebody from the company to see about either paring back what we receive or seeing if they can actually offer a 'deal', which to me is a NON deal most times by the time you add in all the various fees. 

that why i don't get cable their's all kinds of stream apps that provide you the same channels for alot cheaper and some free

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@tylerwebb89 wrote:

that why i don't get cable their's all kinds of stream apps that provide you the same channels for alot cheaper and some free

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Problem is my family isn't tech savvy. If it were up to me we would've been internet only a while ago.  But since my family would likely struggle with having to search for stuff they wanted via streaming we're stuck for now. Otherwise I would've just used this company for internet (since our only other options are the phone company and some satellite provider here) and used other providers for TV and phone.