WHAT’S IN YOUR BUNDLE? It was about 2 weeks ago that the call was made to Rogers to review our cable bill because it had gone up in price. I’m never shocked when this happens. Yesterday morning it was exciting for people who still order (us included) cable TV as we found out the CRTC mandated cable and satellite distributors to offer a basic package for the customers beginning in March 2016. This basic cable package can cost no more than $25 which is great if basic cable is all you need. Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s my wife remembers her parents only having a basic cable channels 2-13. She isn’t sure if they even paid for that as she believes it was free. The reason we negotiated a new cable package with Rogers recently was because we don’t watch half the channels and the price hike. What bothered us was not being able to find a cable bundle that appealed to us but in the end we found something “good enough”. My wife and I had a conversation wondering why they don’t let us pick the channels that we want to watch in our bundle. […]
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