I completely agree. Box rentals and other fees comprised about 40% of my cable bill when I finally cut the cord and went with Sling+Roku. In addition, none of the DVRs they gave me would ever last more than a year. I'd turn it in, they'd give me another refurbed 10 year old piece of crap then have the gall to charge me $10/month rental on it. I finally snapped when they said that any TV hooked up to their service was going to need a rented box of some sort.
This FCC proposal was a gift to the industry that would have slowed the hemorrhaging of customers. Unfortunately, the cable industry's strategy toward cord cutters is to let them go, and saddle the remaining customers with ever increasing rates, fees and rentals.
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I completely agree. Box rentals and other fees comprised about 40% of my cable bill when I finally cut the cord and went with Sling+Roku. In addition, none of the DVRs they gave me would ever last more than a year. I'd turn it in, they'd give me another refurbed 10 year old piece of crap then have the gall to charge me $10/month rental on it. I finally snapped when they said that any TV hooked up to their service was going to need a rented box of some sort.
This FCC proposal was a gift to the industry that would have slowed the hemorrhaging of customers. Unfortunately, the cable industry's strategy toward cord cutters is to let them go, and saddle the remaining customers with ever increasing rates, fees and rentals.
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