Author: Cord Cutters News

The decline of cable TV has hit local governments in the pocketbook. As fewer Americans pay for cable TV, local governments are pulling in less tax money than they once did from local cable TV fees. According to the City of Baltimore, the loss of cable TV revenue has resulted in a $1.3 million deficit […]

Last year Amazon successfully tested its new Internet service from space that will bring Internet to homes and businesses starting next year. To reach that goal, Amazon received FCC approval earlier this year to start testing up to 1,000 prototype dishes all around the United States. This will let Amazon begin mass testing as it […]

Are you sick of hidden Internet junk fees? There are several efforts right now to ban these fees that can drive up TV as much as $40 a month. Connecticut’s attorney general is suing Altice, which owns Optimum Cable TV, over its Internet junk fees. This week at a press conference William Tong, Attorney General […]

Streaming your favorite show, movie, or sporting event just got a lot cheaper with the latest deal from DIRECTV. Beginning today, new subscribers to the DIRECTV via Internet Choice+ package can save $10 each month for 24 months. That’s a huge savings of $240 over two years and you can get the discount on the […]

Today the FTC and FCC announced joint partnership to enforce Net Neutrality and regulate the internet. For years, the argument has been about who has what control over the internet to regulate it, the FTC or FCC. Now, the two sides will work together to enforce rules for internet providers. “Consumers do not want their […]

This week Comcast and Spectrum reported their first quarter 2024 earnings that showed how hard cord cutting is hitting cable TV. The two largest cable TV companies lost 892,000 TV customers and 137,000 Internet customers in the first three months of 2024. That works out to the two companies losing more than 9,800 TV customers […]

Today we learned that Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, has once again lost 405,000 TV customers in the 1st quarter of 2024. This is on top of the 320,000 TV customers it lost in the 4th quarter of 2023. Spectrum also reported that they lost over XXX voice customers as many Americans turned […]

Last year Amazon successfully tested its new Internet service from space that will bring Internet to homes and businesses starting next year. To reach that goal, Amazon received FCC approval earlier this year to start testing up to 1,000 prototype dishes all around the United States. This will let Amazon begin mass testing as it […]

In February the FCC stopped accepting new applicants for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This program offers discounts on Internet or phone service to low-income Americans. The program is running out of money waiting for Congress to provide new funding. Now the FCC is warning Internet service providers that in May it will only have […]

Back in 2021 T-Mobile started to offer fiber home internet in select markets. Now T-Mobile will be rolling out fiber home internet in two new states. Last year, T-Mobile expanded that into Minnesota and Flordia by partnering with third-party internet companies to offer its services in those areas. Now, if reports are correct, T-Mobile’s home […]