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Having worked on the corporate side of a cable company I know where some of these costs come from. I can tell you, when it comes to video most cable companies are making maybe $1 - $2 per customer at the most. Every few years contracts are redone and the channel providers are always wanting more for programming. For the typical basic package they are usually losing money because of the fees charged to them.
Where cable companies make their money is in Internet & video on demand/PPV. They also make it on HD, but not as much. There isn't much profit on the phone side, but it is more then the video side. It is true about the phone side having most of the fee's/taxes. It is a pretty good chuck if you have it included in a budle.
Myself I have cable with HD & all the premium channels, phone & 50mb internet. I refuse to use their cable boxes so I have my own media server with ceton cards & xbox's at each tv. I can record about 500 hours of HD right now which is more then any cable box will give you. Plus I dont have any monthly rental charges for their boxes or remotes.
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