Time Warner Cable is Starting to Piss Me Off.

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I just looked up the Buckeye Cable offerings... does anyone readin this have Buckeye Cable? It already looks like they have more HD channels, and I don't think they are shooting out a signal from as far away as TWC is.... Buckeye has offices 10 miles away, TWC is more like 25.

I need a current customer to tell me about their quality. They also have a faster internet tier for $70/month, as opposed to the $50 I pay now with poor-to-mediocre bandwidth (again, a distance-thing, I think).




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We have Time-Warner cable internet in Columbus as a primary line. But it goes down at least once a week, I'd estimate.

Couldn't tell you about anything on the TV, though. I never watch it and my roommates are usually tuning in unpopular stuff like the History Channel.
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Time Warner sucks hairy yak testicles. I'd kill for a legitimate competitor in my area. & yeah, staticy as hell. A lot. & not just on my TV. On the TVs of all my buddies, too.



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I have Buckeye Cable.

I also have the top tier internet package. I just did a speed test at 9.5MB down.

I have zero issues with static or anything like that. Although, I've had problems with them in the past. None since going to digital though.
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Good to know. That testimony probably made the decision for me to switch.
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Call me at the office tomorrow if you want more details.

For example: The problems I had and what they did to fix them. Pricing. Bundles. Where they're lacking. Etc.
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I just remembered... your work pays for your cable so yeah you have the top tier...
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I am going to read the front page next but I am not sure you have the choice to switch. Don't think Buckeye serves this area
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They did when I moved in to this area 2 years ago, but it certainly could have changed since then.
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OK just went there to order services. Took my order and said they would contact me in 2 days. I will let you know what happens
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Far out. Dissatisfied with TW, or just experimenting?
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Your mom is about that age, man. The age of experimentation.
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Alhazad wrote:Your mom is about that age, man. The age of experimentation.
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GORDON wrote:Far out. Dissatisfied with TW, or just experimenting?
Experimenting really but their prices looked pretty good and my digital was out again this morning.
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Well I just called Buckeye Cable and she said "No" almost before I was done asking if they service our small town. I wonder how she knew so fast, especially since they were willing to come out and hook MD up, 100 yards away from me.

Grrr.

I noticed my shitty neighbors across the street from me having Dish Network hooked up, yesterday.
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GORDON wrote:Well I just called Buckeye Cable and she said "No" almost before I was done asking if they service our small town. I wonder how she knew so fast, especially since they were willing to come out and hook MD up, 100 yards away from me.

Grrr.

I noticed my shitty neighbors across the street from me having Dish Network hooked up, yesterday.
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She quickly said "no" and suggested I call Time Warner because she thinks they service our town.
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From what you've said, service may be too strong a word.
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I think I'm going to cancel my cable subscription. (We have standard (or whatever 75 analog channels of crap is called these days)).

It's nearly $50/month, and quite frankly, I only watch ESPN and only for NFL/college football/NCAA basketball.

Dish apparently has some HD package that is $25/month, and includes both ESPN and ESPN2. In HD. Which would be over $60/month with cable.

Anyone have any experience with Dish?
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