Cox bill, prices and options

I have been a loyal cox customer for some time now but with the recent billing hike I have been looking at my options. Our bill went from $156 monthly up to $210. When I called asking about it, basically I was told the rebates had dropped off. After almost an hour with the very unhelpful rep we were finally offered to use our free 25m internet upgrade to reduce our cost down to $168 for 3 months. Next month this rebate will also drop off and I will be back to $210 per month. We have Advanced TV (330 channels), one DVR, 15m internet, and phone service. We have no movie packages at all. We are under no contract and knowing the trouble we recently had regarding any type of rebate I am looking at my other options.

I priced Direct TV and I can have 4 DVR's, 380 channels w/ multiple movie channels as well as the same channels I currently have, their price is $110 per month after all the rebates expire in three years. With rebates this package is only $78. So I can have their tv service and cox internet and only be paying $133 initially and finally $165 after all rebates expire.

Please Cox tell me why your company is so unwilling to keep a current customer when your competition offers a much better deal.

I have asked about the new customer pricing, but because I am already a customer, and because I already have the TV/Internet/phone package I do not qualify.