Cable ONE announces rate hikes for January

City Manager Craig Stephenson reported that Cable ONE has notified the City of Ponca City that rates will increase effective in January 2017.

Stephenson reported to the City Commission that the cable franchise will increase the rates for the Economy Package by $5 per month. The Standard Package will increase by $8 a month, and the Preferred packages and Elite package will each increase by $6 a month.

Customers on promotional rates are excluded, Stephenson said.

The city manager said Cable ONE attributed  the rate increases to a 30 percent increase in overall programming costs.