Comcast charges are going up.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/02/BUIB1E8U05.DTL

Comcast Corp. said it is raising rates for California cable and Internet customers by an average of 3.8 percent starting Aug. 1.

The average video customer will see their monthly bill increase by $2.49 from $60.76 to $63.25 a month. Internet service will also increase for the first time in five years from $44.72 to $46.67 a month, a $1.95 increase.

The new rates will not affect the 40 to 50 percent of customers who receive promotional offers. Comcast's last cable rate increase of 1.5 percent took effect Oct. 15.

Andrew Johnson, regional vice president for Comcast California, said the increase is necessary to pay for more programming choices, new features, faster Internet speeds and improvements to customer service.

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Oh dear poor Comcast users.