Metrocast rate increase -- 6%??

This'nThat · 12-31-2008, 10:04 AM

Did anyone else notice that Metrocast raised their rates by 6%? I just sent a message to them demanding that they roll back their rate increase and start looking for some cost savings instead. Did anyone's salary increase by 6%? Mine didn't. Is inflation running anywhere close to 6%? Not hardly. Did we get 6% worth of service quality increase from Metrocast this year? I didn't.

What gives them the right to do this? One word -- Monopoly. This, apparently, is what you get with a monopoly -- no price pressure at all. I wonder why they didn't simply increase rates by 20%, or 30%, just to really stick it to us.

12-31-2008, 10:04 AM	#1
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	Metrocast rate increase -- 6%?? Did anyone else notice that Metrocast raised their rates by 6%? I just sent a message to them demanding that they roll back their rate increase and start looking for some cost savings instead. Did anyone's salary increase by 6%? Mine didn't. Is inflation running anywhere close to 6%? Not hardly. Did we get 6% worth of service quality increase from Metrocast this year? I didn't. What gives them the right to do this? One word -- Monopoly. This, apparently, is what you get with a monopoly -- no price pressure at all. I wonder why they didn't simply increase rates by 20%, or 30%, just to really stick it to us.