Time Warner Cable :(

[Rex B]

Shooting is a sport, but like sex, it's best as a participant rather than a spectator. Something about tactile feedback

[dihappy]

Ima have to look into that Fios.

I still have my HD Antenna laying around, and ill at least hook that up and receive free HD tv from the local channels. It isnt cable, but i can get San Antonio and Austin stations.

Thanks guys.

[Steve #1]

FIoS is the the way to go if it is available to you.

Internet is more than 3X faster for basic FIoS than cable and on the TV side you get more programing and features, all for less $.

On the other hand, Verizon's customer service is terrible and I could understand why they wouldn't want there customers coming in to their offices armed.

[longtooth]

Welcome aboard Steve #1. Glad to have you.

[kw5kw]

I used to have cable, I went back to an antenna.
I used to have satellite, I went back to an antenna.
I used to have cable, again; and I went back to an antenna.
I used to have satellite, again; and finally I went back to an antenna.

Now I have over the air (OTA) High Defination Television.

It has all the shows that we care about.

Charles Stanley, News, sports, weather, the NFL, the Unit and 24!

I refuse to pay inflated prices for television that I care nothing about, besides with the digital quality now available OTA, my picture is better than anything offered by either satellite or cable.

Russ

P.s.: Unlike the NFL one must particpate in shooting to fully enjoy it!

[casselthief]

and I say again,

back to the real topic.... Get Verizon. it rules. for me, I have the Digital package, Dual Tuner DVR, and the InterWebNet (thank you Al Gore).
I used to have Comcast (now TimeWarner).
Verizon is cheaper.

and Better.

and they came to my Apt Complex and hosted a BBQ!!! how can you beat that??

well, I have the answer, my friends, NFL NetWork. in HD.

you see, I can watch my favorite shows, recorded, so I don't miss'em, while I'm at the gym, watching my ol' lady's kid, playing with my cats, feeding stray plants... you get the picture,
and the Dual Tuner TV allows me to watch ALL of the games on Sunday, and I can watch'em alternating back and forth, skipping the commercials, all while I clean mah peestols.

[kauboy]

STOP!!!

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL WHO WANT/HAVE CABLE INTERNET BUT DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR A CABLE TV PACKAGE:
Stop paying the company for something they are already giving you!
There is a dirty little secret that these monopolies don't want to tell you. If you are paying for a cable internet connection, then you ALREADY HAVE CABLE TV!!!
Trust me on this. It is completely true. The signal they are sending to an internet client is only different in one aspect. It has an IP address associated with it. Thats it. The regular basic cable feed is still being piped to your house, but since your computer doesn't care about it, it is disregarded.

Now for the beauty part. Go to your local Wallyworld and pick up a $3.00 coaxial cable splitter and two extra lengths of coax cable(you'll judge the length needed after reading on). Now go home and unplug the coax running to your cable modem. Install the splitter in the appropriate fashion with the coax from the wall going into the "IN" port, and connect both of the new cables into the "OUT" ports. Now, run one back to your cable modem, and the other to your favorite TV.

VIOLA!!! You now have basic cable without paying a dime extra(comparatively). This is the reason that DSL is so much cheaper. The cable companies realize that they are giving away a service that they don't wish to, but the only way to make a little dough off of it is to bump the cable internet price up.

I get all the channels I want and a ton that the wife loves.
I get Discovery, G4, Spike, Comedy Central, The History Channel, and a bunch more that I watch. The wife gets Lifetime, TLC, and a few others that deal with home decorating and life stories.

We are more than content, and with the total bill coming to 24.99 for 3Mbps internet and basic cable, I'm certainly not complaining.

BTW, I have Charter Cable, but they all work in the same fashion. Its a technology limitation that keeps them from being able to separate the TV feed from the internet signal, so it will work with your provider too.

[seamusTX]

Um, using cable services that you're not paying for is a crime. Time Warner in Texas has sued people for it and brought criminal charges.

- Jim

[casselthief]

eh, they're paying for it.
but I hear ya.

and it is why Cable Internet *alone* is more expensive. if you get it bundled *with* TV, it's cheaper.

[AggieMM]

It was a sign referencing 1411 or 441 i forgot. Anyway, price was still more than what i was willing to pay for cable and road runner internet so i opted for internet only at 29.99 for 6mos.

Today, im seriously considering writing an email telling them WHY they lost my business.

Anyone already know about this with TW Cable?
Has anyone dealt with corporate about their decision to restrict legal carry?

The Austin office is the same, but I just ignored the sign when I went in. I smiled, took a "cell phone" picture, and walked right in. :)



Ryan

P.S. - Sorry for the poor quality, used my old cell phone in the rain to take the picture. :)

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[jimlongley]

What's television?

Sports! You can live without sports?

NFL on HDTV. Once you try it, you'll never go back...

I didn't even know what NFL meant until my second wife introduced me to sitting around on Sundays eating junk food and second guessing zebras.

My late wife and I were very like Thane, we had cable to get good reception and a couple of special interest things that we watched once in a while. One time we lost the remote, and didn't even look to replace it for a year and a half. We had one TV and it was off way more than it was on.

Second wife and I have several TVs (it depends on how you count them) and she turns them on just for them to be on - if I'm sitting in the family room alone, or the bedroom, or the kitchen, I don't bother to turn one on unless there is something that I specifically want to see, drives her crazy.

[casselthief]

drives her crazy.

she'd have to be, she married you, right?
jk!!!

srsrly, I had a friend that never had a TV till he got married. then didn't have cable till she insisted on buying.
course, he's a bigtime guitar musician, so ya'll would hate'em, but the point is, dude never watched TV.
still doesn't very often.
to each his own, right?

and me and my ESPN HD, ESPN 2 HD....

[kauboy]

Um, using cable services that you're not paying for is a crime. Time Warner in Texas has sued people for it and brought criminal charges.

- Jim

Its not a crime. I am paying for it. I'm not stealing someone else's cable. The feed is being purposely poured into my house. But they want me to pay for a package deal with movie channels and other junk I don't want/need, instead of outright telling me that I have basic cable. I resent the insinuation that I am a criminal when I most certainly am not.

Even though I already knew this fact, I was told it by the installer that came to set up my internet too. In fact, he gave me a splitter and fabricated the perfect length wires for me right then and there. He told me that the company just doesn't want it to be well known because they like emptying your pockets.

If you don't believe me, call them up and ask. If you get an honest support tech, they'll tell you the same thing that I am.

[seamusTX]

I am paying for it.

Sorry. I misunderstood what you wrote.

- Jim

[hi-power]

course, he's a bigtime guitar musician, so ya'll would hate'em...

Stereotype much? Just yanking your chain. You might be surprised to know this 42 year old has 2 Drowning Pool CD's in the 6-disc changer in his truck. (OK, the others are Rascal Flats and Toby Keith, but you get the picture).