I know that Charter should eventually be an improvement for the Ripley and Brownsville, TN areas that had TW.
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Time Warner Cable to merge with Charter
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Makes sense since Time Warner is a separate company. That was always confusing.
Still, I'll miss the name. For my first six years I had positive experiences.
I haven't read the article yet but yesterday's Charlotte Observer had a front page headline asking what this means for Time Warner subscribers.
I did get some good news yesterday. To watch an episode of a Fox show I waited too long to see, I only had to verify that I was a customer of one of the listed companies. In the case of Fox, Time Warner was on the list.
Then I couldn't remember my name. Or my password. I have since reset my password, but trying too many times locked me out. Anyway, now there's no time limit for that episode.
I did get some good news yesterday. To watch an episode of a Fox show I waited too long to see, I only had to verify that I was a customer of one of the listed companies. In the case of Fox, Time Warner was on the list.
Then I couldn't remember my name. Or my password. I have since reset my password, but trying too many times locked me out. Anyway, now there's no time limit for that episode.
They haven't even started converting any of the clusters yet, and won't start doing that until this fall at the earliest. It will take years to convert everything over.
And I'd probably know this except I haven't read that article yet.
I won't be surprised if the TW systems themselves and are gradually changed or updated, but the branding is changed to match up with Charter even before any major changes.
I only use Time-Warner Cable for internet. I sure hope Charter delivers faster speeds for standard internet and at a fair price per month.
The speeds will be considerably faster, yes. The price should be the same or slightly lower... for now, at least.
I just saw the promos for the rebranding to Spectrum in Hawaii. Based on the feedback from customers, they're upset (make that furious) that the Oceanic name that has been part of the Hawaiian media landscape is going away. Charter should take a page from CVS Pharmacy (when they bought Longs Drugs) and leave a familiar Hawaiian brand alone.
I have been with Charter Cable for about 18 months now, and so far, no real problems. I made a move in this period, and they allowed a no-fee transfer from one address to another and the service was on-time and professionally done.
The negatives are the inane Charter commercials that proliferate through the cable system, but I don't know if that is anything different from other cable companies.
Their service is similar to Comcast, with good "On-Demand" services, and similar pricing for similar service. However, I am tiring of paying 160 a month for so many channels that I don't watch. But that is a "ME" problem. Their internet service is good and fast. I have no major complaints with Charter, but be aware that like many cable companies, they lure you in for a 1-year introductory plan, then it goes way up after that.
The negatives are the inane Charter commercials that proliferate through the cable system, but I don't know if that is anything different from other cable companies.
Their service is similar to Comcast, with good "On-Demand" services, and similar pricing for similar service. However, I am tiring of paying 160 a month for so many channels that I don't watch. But that is a "ME" problem. Their internet service is good and fast. I have no major complaints with Charter, but be aware that like many cable companies, they lure you in for a 1-year introductory plan, then it goes way up after that.
I went to the post office over the weekend and I got a letter saying that soon we would get to know the name Spectrum.
You should do what we did. Dump the cable TV and go with Netflix and/or Hulu. Yes, there is more available than any human being could ever watch but it's cheaper than cable.
But what if I like watching local news or my favorite MLB team? I doubt Netflix and/or Hulu can do anything for me there...Yeah, I know I can stream local news, but you still can't stream live major league sports unless you pay a fee. If I am missing something here let me know...
Do you get good over-the-air TV reception in your area? If so, you can get your local news for free with an antenna. You can visit http://www.antennaweb.org/ to see what's available OTA in your area. Should you decide to buy an antenna, make sure that it's designed for both VHF (RF channels 2 through 13)* and UHF (RF channels 14 through 51). Many so-called "HD antennas" or "digital antennas" only receive UHF. Do your research, because every antenna is different as to what and how many stations you can pull in. I hope I was able to help.
*Note: In most areas, digital stations transmit on UHF (since UHF works best for digital television transmission) and/or high VHF (channels 7 through 13). Low VHF (channels 2 through 6) is rarely used for digital TV because that chunk of spectrum is most susceptible to interference.
If you're close enough to the tower and aren't experiencing interference, does that make a difference? I get that it's harder, but it's not impossible, right?
It depends on where you are. From what I've read all over the Internet, it's different for everyone. Just as a signal can be too weak, it can also be too strong. That's especially true of digital. I've read stories from people who got usable reception in the analog days from within, say, 5 to 10 miles from the antenna farm for their market, but lost a lot of stations when OTA TV went digital.
I also should've specified that I was referring to indoor antennas. (For example, "loop" and "bow tie" antennas are designed for UHF.) Or maybe I was going by outdated information. Either way, I apologize.
Around the DTV transition (seven years ago this upcoming Sunday--time flies), I read about people having difficulty receiving stations that actually transmitted on VHF channels, and it turned out to be because the antennas they bought were UHF-only.
In responding to seatownmedia, I forgot to say to make sure that on the box in which the antenna is packaged, it says "VHF/UHF" or "All Channel" or something to that effect.
I hope this clarifies my previous post.
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If the Hornets are playing in Spectrum Arena, why did I get a bill from Time Warner?
Because it is going to take a long time to switch over every single market from Time Warner Cable to Spectrum.
Switching a few signs on an arena is comparatively a whole lot easier.
they just started phasing out the Time Warner Cable brand, give it time.
They just started the transition here in Los Angeles last month; the service vans and local ads all have the "Spectrum" branding and everything. The local sports channels they operate took on the Spectrum SportsNet LA (Dodgers) and Spectrum SportsNet (Lakers) names around the final two weeks of the MLB regular season (the branding on the Dodgers' network officially took place the first game of Vin Scully's final homestand as Voice of the Dodgers).
Between this and the proposed merger with AT&T, the "Time Warner" name may become nothing more than a memory come the end of 2017.
Between this and the proposed merger with AT&T, the "Time Warner" name may become nothing more than a memory come the end of 2017.
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