Read from the papers that cable TV subscribers are going to have to PAY MORE for their subscriptions AGAIN just to watch their soccer matches. While it is understandable that they need to increase their prices due to increasing costs but how about those who have contracts with the TV providers?
As a contract subscriber, you are bounded by the contract and CANNOT unsubscribe from their service. But as the providers, there is no vice-versa provision, they are allowed to change the pricing as and when they see fit. What is to prevent them from changing it to an amount that is astronomical? NOTHING. The consumer has no protection with regards to this.
I think if the provider changes the price in the contract, they are effectively BREAKING THE CONTRACT, which means that the subscriber can and should be allowed to make a choice of whether or not their should continue subscribing to the service without any penalty.
I am surprised that they are going to do the same thing again and I guess it has got something to do with the sudden silence of the same issue the last time it happened. I remembered a flurry of emails and letters to the forum about this but suddenly there was no mention of anything at all.
Well, conspiracy theory aside, for the fairness of both consumers and providers, something should and must be done soon about this time round.
