I have Comcast for an Internet connection, whereby basic cable comes along "for free" because of the way they price things. Last winter, in a series of roughly

I have Comcast for an Internet connection, whereby basic cable comes along "for free" because of the way they price things. Last winter, in a series of roughly three major steps, my Comcast bill went up 24%. I didn't change a thing, and I was already beyond the end of all "introductory offers" and the like. Of course, my state regulators have done nothing about this, and I don't expect any intervention from the FCC, either. 24% bump, over the course of about 4 months. They aren't just a monopoly/duopoloy/oligarchy in content. That's the problem. P.S. Actually, in the transition to digital-only TV service, I've lost service/content. Two out off three PBS stations and a few cable channels that they used to throw into the basic mix (obviously removed as part of their pressure to get basic subscribers to upgrade). And of the signal that remains, despite being delivered in analogue format, it is horribly full of digital compression artifacts due to what much be severe constraint upstream combined with piss-poor conversion. In my mind, in this Comcast has failed to live up to its commitment to the FCC to maintain unchanged existing analogue service until... 2013, I believe is the year they ended up at during negotiations. Of course, no other regulatory authority nor the FCC is doing a thing about this.