AT&T U-Verse service AT&T U-Verse customers lose 2 HD channels but rate stays the same? Isn't that a 'price inrease'? Internet

On 9/15/2009 I received a postcard from AT&T U-Verse TV that I would be losing 2 movie channels from my current service, effective 11/16 (30 days from now), because these channels were being moved to "HD Premium", a higher tier that costs $5 more per month.  AT&T provided no explanation, but did advise that I could get the channels back by subscribing to the HD Premium service.  Net result is less product to subscribers for the same monthly.  No price decrease is being offered.  FCC requires cable/pay TV providers to notify customers of a price increase at least 30 days prior to the event.

Comcast tried the same tactic in 2008 to try and nudge customers to purchase a more expensive service, by moving 4 channels from Basic to Premium, without offering a price decrease for loss of service.  Many people, including me, reported them to FCC which opened an investigation.  Comcast was fined in several markets because their move amounted to a price increase, but they did not give customers 30 days notice.   I summarily switched from Comcast to AT&T because I though the loss of channels was an unfair marketing tactic and they offered me no rate decrease for the loss of service.

Now U-Verse is trying the same thing, but has not used the words "Rate Increase" in their customer notification.  They have apparently complied with the 30-day requirement, but I submit that complying with the FCC letter of the law should require them to use the words 'Rate Increase' in their notifications whenever they are taking service away and not simultaneously giving a fee reduction.  I plan to report this to FCC and aslo ask FCC to make this verbiage rule ('Rate Increase') a requirement. 

This Marketing 'spin' needs to stop.  If cable companies plan to keep nudging customers to spend more money by taking their channels away, then they need to follow certain rules of communication in my opinion.  Personally, I'm VERY upset that U-Verse has resorted to the same slimy practice employed by Comcast in 2008.