Cable firms to raise set-top box rates

I didn’t see this one coming, lol. Cable companies, in an effort to make even less friends, have announced this which I hope will simply encourage more people to use cable cards, which in turn will hopefully make the process a little more user-friendly. Or just stick it to the cable companies and get satellite.

Yahoo News

They say the price increases are a result of the government’s push to spur competition for the boxes, which are required to receive digital programming and change channels. It’s not yet clear how much the charges will rise.