Finding a good deal on cable TV isn’t difficult, that is as long as your not already a customer of the cable company.

The reason for that is due to the fact the cable TV guys want to build their customer base, thus they are ready to offer you a great deal, usually for the first year of your cable service. The cable company figures if you sign up with them, you may set up a with one of their triple play bundle that includes not only cable TV, but also home phone and internet setup.

You can almost alway get a triple play bundle for around $100 a month for the first year. Consider the following example with cable company pricing: Basic TV costs $55 per month, high speed internet is $40 per month, and phone service is $35 per month. With prices like this, your overall bill would be $140 per month before taxes and fees that always seem to find their way onto your cable bill.  An alternative is to subscribe to a service like Charter internet and then add on Dish Network.

But it is good to think about how this might turn out down the road Well consider what the bill will look like once the promo is over. Then you will have all of your TV’s hooked up to cable TV, your high speed internet with your e-mail account with the cable company, and of course your home line through the cable company as well. But all at once your price goes up nearly 50%, from around $100 every month to $145+ every month. Now is it easy to switch?

Maybe, maybe not. The smart thing to do beforehand is compare companies before making your final choice. Lining up satellite TV vs cable TV ahead of time is the way to go.

While you might say to yourself it is not a problem to switch to some kind of Direct TV deal or something else from your local phone company like FiOS from Verizon. As they say though, easier said than done. Often the time and hassle involved with switching from cable to a different provider makes the customer stay with whatever service they have. Even though the monthly bill is high, the subscriber stays with the company because they have all the services on the same bill from the same provider. That is what the cable television company counts on when giving the subscriber a good short term deal.