Cox is raising rates for broadband and other subscribers in sever...
Cox is raising rates for broadband and other subscribers in several markets. Some Phoenix customers, for instance, will pay more for broadband service starting in Oct., a spokeswoman there said. Phoenix customers will pay $5 more for broadband service…
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monthly starting Oct. 4. The increase, the first in more than 3 years, runs 13% for Cox’s most popular broadband package, a spokeswoman said. Customers will be charged $12.95 monthly for premium packages with channels including HBO, an 18% increase, she said. Omaha- area customers’ average bill will rise 4.5% Oct. 1, said a spokeswoman there. Expanded-basic monthly fees will jump 8.3% to $28.70; HBO subscriptions 6.7% to $15.95. The increases, the 2nd this year, result from higher costs such as for programming, said the official. Broadband prices for Cox customers in Northern Va. went up $2.04 a month Fri. The increases are 3.7-8.2%, depending on connection speed. This is the first time broadband prices have risen since 2002 in the market, where TV prices aren’t being changed, the official said. Price hikes are set by market, a spokeswoman at Cox hq said.