URCA representatives got an earful of why Cable Bahamas does not deserve a price increase in its Super Basic cable television package.
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has held several public meetings already to get feedback from Bahamians concerning an application by Cable Bahamas to raise the cost of its super basic service by 27 per cent.
While there have been large turnouts in New Providence and the Family Islands, the inclement weather and date change may have been the reasons for the low attendance in Grand Bahama last week. The town meeting in Freeport was initially scheduled for October 2.
Vincent Wallace-Whitfield, general counsel at URCA, and Stephen Bereaux, Director of Policy and Regulation, told persons attending the meeting at the Pestaina Hall of Christ the King in Freeport that public consultation on the proposed price increase would end on October 19.
There were complaints about the quality of service, the billing cycle, extra fees charged to consumers, such as installation cost of digital boxes and high reconnection fee, among other things.
