ALBANY - Charter Spectrum is raising its rates this month.

The increase will start appearing this month on customers' cable and internet bills, if you don't have a promotional plan that isn't expiring, the company said.

Here are the increases:

TV packages

The rates for Spectrum's three tiers of cable packages are increasing by $7.50 a month.

So the basic Spectrum TV Select package, which includes 140 channels, is rising from $64.99 to $72.49, which is an 11.5% increase.

There will also be the same $7.50 a month increase for the TV Silver and TV Gold packages, which come with 220 channels and 260 channels, respectively.

If you just get broadcast TV stations through Spectrum, the surcharge is increasing from $11.99 to $13.50 a month.

And the cost for your Spectrum cable boxes are going up: from $7.49 a month to $7.99 a month.

Internet costs

Spectrum internet customers who do not also get their cable from the company will also see a higher monthly price.

That rate is going from $65.99 a month to $69.99 a month.

Company officials noted the internet increase will only affect those who do not have Spectrum TV Select or above.

Why the increase?

Lara Pritchard, a Spectrum spokeswoman, said the broadcast TV surcharge "reflects the continually and rapidly rising cost of local broadcast channels."

Also, she said, this is the first time the company has increased the prices for its Spectrum TV Select, Silver and Gold plans since they were first introduced in 2016.

The increases, she said, "reflects the rising cost of cable programming over the past three years."

Pritchard added, "Our services are competitively priced, and we provide our customers with superior products at a great value."

If customers have a promotional price, the new package price won’t take effect until their current deal ends.

The company has about 2.2 million customers in New York.

Fight in New York

The Stamford, Connecticut-based company recently concluded a years-long fight with New York regulators over its services.

In April, the sides announced an agreement to let Charter Spectrum remain in New York in exchange for its renewed pledge to expand its high-speed internet service to underserved areas.

In July 2018, the state Public Service Commission voted to start the process of trying to kick the company out of the state, contending it failed to live up to its promises to bolster its broadband services when the regulator agreed to its merger with Time Warner Cable in 2016.

The company agreed to double its investment in upstate New York, which in 2016 was estimated at $305 million.The expansion would need to be completed by September 30, 2021.

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