<story><title>Comcast won’t give new speed boost to Internet users who don’t buy TV service</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/comcast-wont-give-new-speed-boost-to-internet-users-who-dont-buy-tv-service/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rconti</author><text>I already have to subscribe to Comcast&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;basic&amp;quot; cable (which is what used to be called lifeline; it has nothing my antenna doesn&amp;#x27;t, not even the History Channel&amp;#x2F;Discovery Channel type stuff that used to be on &amp;#x27;basic).&lt;p&gt;The reason is that they charge me less when I&amp;#x27;m also willing to be a TV &amp;#x27;subscriber&amp;#x27;. TV+Internet is cheaper than Internet alone. The cable box just sits in its cardboard box in the attic, I still use my antenna because the quality is better.</text></comment>
<story><title>Comcast won’t give new speed boost to Internet users who don’t buy TV service</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/comcast-wont-give-new-speed-boost-to-internet-users-who-dont-buy-tv-service/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zargon</author><text>&amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;ve increased speeds 17 times in the last 17 years.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;My experience is that they increase the speed, and then a few months later they raise the price. Then I have to switch to a lower speed to get a price similar to what I was paying before. It&amp;#x27;s dishonest and sleazy.</text></comment>