Mediacom raising cable rates for customers in Fairfield

Mediacom cable television subscribers in Fairfield will see their bills jump by $1 to $3 starting in December.

Mediacom spokeswoman Phyllis Peters says the increase is due to the higher prices the company must pay to obtain its channels.

Peters says Mediacom, the nation?s eighth-largest cable company, will pay ?tens of millions of dollars? more for programming in 2011 than it did this year.

In a letter notifying city officials of the increase, Mediacom announces its rates for broadcast basic cable will increase from $25.95 to $27.95; for expanded basic cable from $37 to $38; and for total family cable from $62.95 to $65.95.

As part of the company?s franchise agreement with Fairfield, Mediacom is obligated to provide notification of the rate increase; however, city officials have no authority in the matter.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.

For the complete article, see the Wednesday, Nov. 10. 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.