But electricity customers are being asked to pay towards the impact of the damage to the underwater cable by covering the cost of lost sales.
Cab fares would rise 4 percent while the cost of cable and satellite TV services, tickets for sporting events and movies would also jump by the same percentage.
Cell phones and CDPD cards can connect to standard notebook PCs for the cost of a cable, software and service.
And compared with last year, when the cost to install wireless Ethernet was 10 to 15 percent more than installing a wired system using Category 5 copper cable, wired and wireless cost about the same today, said Murphy.
They got more money for the copper cable they dug up than it cost them to put in fibre optic.
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But with ESPN's muscle to raise the monthly fees it charges cable systems and amortize the huge cost across multiple outlets, it should prove to be worth the high price.
Enter the names of shows you enjoy and see where you can find them without cable and how much it would cost to buy them independently as individual episodes, complete seasons or subscription packages.
Many carriers, including phone and cable companies, now build metro-level Ethernet networks, which are more cost-effective than optics because customers already use Ethernet cable in their internal networks.
This is a terrific cost-effective solution for cable operators looking to deliver broadband content and over-the-top television to subscribers.
Last month, the cost of the planned power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland increased by 75%.
Wi-Fi is slightly slower than cable or DSL, but its lower cost makes it popular with cities that want to offer affordable wireless service to their residents.
Cable and satellite providers not only recouped the cost of their networks but also helped to increase the size of the overall industry.
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The cost of a planned subsea power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland has risen by 75%.
The Gennum ActiveConnect GV8502 can be seamlessly and cost-effectively embedded into the cable, enabling a variety of new active cable solutions that will allow DisplayPort to become a pervasive technology in these fast-growing markets.
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That is half what it cost him for his last upgrade of cable in the wired network.
While some versions of DSL are comparably priced to cable rates, higher speeds and more features can cost up to several hundred dollars a month.
The council says this is done at minimal cost because decades ago they purchased old cable ducts allowing them to create their own broadband network.
In addition, satellite TV providers like DirecTV and Dish Network continue to lag the cable TV companies in their ability to offset program cost increases by selling their customers increasingly faster broadband services, per The Wall Street Journal.
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It's just too short, barely reaching from the back of the PowerBook to the left side of the keyboard (this reviewer is left-handed, and especially militant about products that don't offer easy access for southpaws.) I don't know what it would have cost Apple to add another foot of cable, but it would have been worth it.
The most likely outcome: a permanent stratification of Internet access into full-service, low-budget and no-cost tiers, similar to premium and basic cable.
Authentication has been embraced by many players in the TV industry as a way to head off the possibility that consumers could begin dropping their cable and satellite TV subscriptions in favor of lower-cost online video services, such as Netflix Inc.
Time Warner Cable hinted during their earnings that they will be introducing low-cost programming packages to address lower end of the market.
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Cable operators could switch to a la carte programming but if consumers responded by dumping every cable channel but ESPN, Comedy Central and NFL football, the cost of Internet access would likely go up.
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The same is true for customers of oil service companies, though less so, as the cost of switching among oil service companies is smaller than that of cable services, and there are more choices.
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MSOs are carrying the cost of upgrading the networks, sometimes including the last mile, which the cable operators usually control.
But sports fees are helping to drive up cable rates, raising concerns among media executives that consumers will soon balk at the increasing cost of television.
Even in rural areas, where customers often have only one cable TV option, competition from satellite service is increasing, though satellite providers are facing similar cost pressures and passing on higher bills.
If it wasn't already perfectly clear by now that Monster Cable's cables aren't really worth the price (or any price above the cost of a coat-hanger), and that they're only using those bloated markups to perpetuate their reputation as money-grubbing lawsuit-happy snakeoil peddlers, we'd call your attention to their latest target: Monster Mini Golf, a chain of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf courses based out of Rhode Island.
Moffett noted in his previous report that there were no specific indications that the companies actually want to merge, but he also said a combination would offer huge cost savings, and give satellite TV a better chance to maintain a competitive position against cable providers.
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