| If you haven't had a good look at cable TV services in | | | | three services. |
| a while, then you probably have no idea about the level | | | | The services themselves that are provided by cable |
| of service and quality that they can provide for you. | | | | TV companies are also extremely beneficial in many |
| That's because the cable TV industry in general has | | | | different ways. For example, the high speed Internet |
| embraced some pretty remarkable technology in the | | | | service that cable TV companies offer is among the |
| past decade or so, and that technology translates into | | | | fastest that's available anywhere. Most people will only |
| far superior service than what you may remember | | | | find faster access at work if their companies happen |
| from the nineteen eighties. | | | | to have T1 connections. The connection speeds |
| New business plans and new technology make cable | | | | provided by cable TV companies are typically about |
| better than ever. The options for entertainment that | | | | eight megabytes per second which is about four times |
| modern cable TV companies provide are far different | | | | faster than DSL which is the major competing |
| from what was available just fifteen years ago. That's | | | | technology! Most cable TV companies will also provide |
| largely because the technology has improved | | | | various kinds of virus protection software and other |
| immeasurably, but also because the business practices | | | | security measures for their customers with high speed |
| that most cable TV providers use have changed as | | | | Internet service. |
| well. | | | | Digital Phone service is admittedly less glamorous than |
| A big change in how cable TV companies do business | | | | high speed Internet or cable TV, but it's one that we all |
| is that they now bundle other services together with | | | | rely on nonetheless and having the right one can make |
| the television. These other services include digital home | | | | a big difference when it comes to how we |
| phone service and broad band high speed Internet | | | | communicate and how much we pay for that |
| service. There are a number of advantages to | | | | communication. Most of the phone services that are |
| bundled services to the cable TV companies | | | | associated with cable TV companies provide |
| themselves as well as their customers. First of all, from | | | | extensive features like caller ID and voice mail, as well |
| the point of view of the companies, bundling allows | | | | as free long distance within North America. When you |
| them to collect greater total revenues through the | | | | look at the fact that the flat rate for all of these |
| extra services. It also provides the companies with | | | | features is very affordable, you can see how much |
| some degree of stability in their customer base. | | | | money these plans can save compared to what you |
| The advantages of bundled services to the customers | | | | get from a normal phone company. |
| are actually clearer and better defined than the | | | | Naturally, the entire point of these companies to begin |
| advantages to the companies. Most companies offer | | | | with is cable TV, and they tend to do a better job than |
| their services at a discounted rate when bundled | | | | ever providing that. In fact, the number of channels that |
| together. This allows the customers to save money | | | | cable TV technology is capable of delivering has |
| over what they'd pay if they got the services | | | | roughly quadrupled in the past decade so that the best |
| separately from different companies. (This also builds | | | | of them offer close to three hundred channels! The |
| customer loyalty to individual companies.) In addition, the | | | | deal is even better when you look at the fact that the |
| customers normally receive a single bill every month | | | | figure includes an ever increasing number of HDTV |
| that invoices all three services. By extension, this | | | | channels. |
| means that customers only have to right one check | | | | With new technology and new services, cable |
| every month for all of the services. Plus, most | | | | continues to be a viable alternative for the twenty first |
| companies will give customers at least some of these | | | | century. Start now. |
| benefits even if they subscribe to only two of the | | | | |