Comcast just upped its cable modem rental fee from $8 to $10 per month

Comcast users in various parts of the country have already gotten (or may soon get) a lovely holiday present from their Internet service provider -- a seemingly inexplicable increase in the cable modem rental fee, from $8 to $10 per month. Apparently, increases seem to have taken place as far back as October 2014, while others took effect as of December 20, 2014 and January 1, 2015. Other changes include a "Broadcast TV fee" increase from $1.50 to $3.25 per month, an increase of the "Downgrade of Service" fee from $12.05 to $12.40 per month, an Hourly Service Change rise from $33.20 to $35.80. To be fair, there were some small decreases as well, such as $15 monthly for HBO instead of $20.