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Originally Posted by Carla B
Comcast works great but their pricing can be brutal for internet only. It just went from $59.99 to $75.95.
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Companies with two different revenue streams, (cable video and internet) with revenue and profitability growth goals, are being forced to change their pricing structure to increased internet due to increase in streaming use and the reduction of cable use. Yes, capitalistic innovation is great, roku was created to compete with cable through internet,
but roku and similar aggregators don't care about the cost of the internet access, not their product offering. So with growing internet demand from all device types, and the increase bandwidth/speed requirements, requiring upgrading equipment in the distribution network from the internet access point to the house, prices to recover the cost have to go up in free enterprise.
No different than health care providers with government pricing and commercial/private pricing, where changes in one can effect the pricing of the other, to maintain the provider profitability or cashflow. . .
finance/marketing/analyst guy