# Digital transport adapter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-transport-adapter/666925>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-transport-adapter/666925 "2013-08-23T00:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-transport-adapter/666925/21 "2014-04-26T16:04:33Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Charter Communications will charge $5.99 per month per TV set after the first 2 years (first year = free, 2nd year = $3.99, but only if you complain first). Basic cable is now $25.99 per month. If you have two TVs, that means you will be paying $11.98 per month more for a typical 2-TV household after 3 years, or an increase of 46%. This is on top of the increase over the last 5 years from $15.99 per month for basic cable, and Charter is expected to boost the basic rate again as well.

Update: Charter will be all-digital in my area as of May 1, with a gradual rollout in the entire state during May 2014.

The latest quote for the digital box is free for the first year (if you complain), then $6.95 per box, per month thereafter.

They claim that basic cable rates will not increase for now for residential customers. However, commercial customers will get a near-doubling of their basic cable rates in May.

To offset the increased costs, they will be increasing the maximum download Internet speed to 60Mb/s (from 30), but not increasing the max upload speed, which will remain at 4Mb/s. That means if I transfer data from one Charter customer to another, the fastest I can go is 4Mb/s, and the download speed is inapplicable.

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