everything boils down to economics. when the need to spend more money is economically motivated prices will go up. should that economic motivation not appear prices will not go up. supply and demand is in control here. the evolution of technologies is difficult to foresee. even if we know it's coming we don't know if the public will buy it. we see things like VOIP coming and hope this will be the economic motivation we have been waiting for. it may be but don't count on it . because even if it is we still have unscrupulous middlemen to deal with; who pride themselves on getting work done for nothing.
my advice, especially if you're young, get out of the cable business. find something more stable and near your house.
