http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Cable-fight-heats-up-1027620.php

Finally some competition !!!  

Quoted from rpforpres

http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Cable-fight-heats-up-1027620.php

Finally some competition !!!  

very very very short time.....they all nickel and dime you....they have 'sales' without counting the fees/taxes....ask when they call on
the phone to offer something.....they all keep us running around like morons just to save $2-$5 bucks......

they better have something REALLY REALLY GOOD  to show....it's like National Grid competition...what an F'EN joke....I'm gonna switch
for $20/month??? really,,,waste my time to register for that crap.....I dont know about anyone else but dont you feel like a rat in a
cage???? one piece of sewer garbage taste just like the rest......

This is awesome.

the smart town places the fee(a flat precentage) on the bandwidth delivered

cable as we know it will be gone by 2020

for $8 a month you can watch all you primetime shows over and over

the answer to cable will be netflix with a napster componet

Quoted from TippyCanoe

the smart town places the fee(a flat precentage) on the bandwidth delivered

cable as we know it will be gone by 2020

for $8 a month you can watch all you primetime shows over and over

the answer to cable will be netflix with a napster componet

That will only work if net neutrality stays in place, because TW would rather you get your movies from them, as opposed to NetFlix, and you can also say goodbye to Skype, Vonage, and a host of other services that are internet dependant.
TW will either ban them completely, or attach such a fee, that they aren't worth it anymore.

The net neutrality argument has very little to do with kiddie porn, or homeland security, and alot to do with creating monopolies, because under already existing laws, the DOJ, and FBI, are allowed to seize those domains at will, but they don't, because they are busy usnig them for sting operations.
The only sites that get shut down, are usually foreign owned, free movie sites, at the behest of the MPAA, AND RIAA, because they cut into their profits.

Charging by bandwidth hardly seems fair, considering that when I visit a simple news site, a full length car commercial has to load first.
Video takes alot of bandwidth, text does not.

This is what will happen, if John McCain, who admits he doesn't even know how to send email, has his way, or if TW doesn't have any competition.




Competition in business is a healthy thing for us all, usually.
Thank GOD that it isn't Comcast coming in, because they are a NIGHTMARE.

Sorry about the long rant, but I feel strongly about the subject.

One more thing.
The order of the wires on the poles is, electricity on top, (that's why the cable guys wear hard hats, just in case their heads touch the power lines) then comes the pretty meticulously maintaned telephone lines, and down lower, is the cable TV lines, and they fix them in just that order.



During the ice storm a couple of years ago, the only thing that was working, was my land line telephone.

Again, sorry if I got off topic, or went on too long.
Now I have an automatic generator, and a TV antenna just in case.
Please don;t get me going on National Grid.

A couple of years ago we lost everything from an ice storm. TW was the first on the scene. (within one hour) Next was nat'd grid. 2 days later it was verizon. The very next day we went with TW's bundle.

Verizon service sucks!!

Quoted from bumblethru

A couple of years ago we lost everything from an ice storm. TW was the first on the scene. (within one hour) Next was nat'd grid. 2 days later it was verizon. The very next day we went with TW's bundle.

Verizon service sucks!!

I guess I'll just have to  believe that one, because obviously, your particular TV set, or computer, doesn't require electricity.

time warner still needs bandwidth

the smart town charges on bandwidth for all wires

all collected money goes to 100% build out

and put the sh!t under ground no more friggin poles

better your community dont waste the cash

Quoted from TippyCanoe

time warner still needs bandwidth

the smart town charges on bandwidth for all wires

all collected money goes to 100% build out

and put the sh!t under ground no more friggin poles

better your community dont waste the cash

The "underground" thing, is massively expensive.
Nice, and more cost effective in the long run, but the initial expense, would make your head spin.

Quoted from Tommy

I guess I'll just have to  believe that one, because obviously, your particular TV set, or computer, doesn't require electricity.

We have an whole house generator.

and how much am i paying for distribution ????

so in the long run

my service is better

the company's costs are lower

happy customer + a happy company = happy bottom line

stop being lazy

this has hamberg street written all over it

Repairing the buried plant is even more expensive and also presents problems finding the damage and in the winter the frost in the ground hampers digging. Tommy is correct it's very expensive to bury wires and if the cables are encased in concrete in ducts it's even more expensive.

Quoted from bumblethru

We have an whole house generator.

As do I, except for the central air conditioner  compressor, and the dryer (2k  more expensive), because to I'm able to power my whole house, but hey, I've lived for most of my life without a dryer, or central air, and I'm pretty sure I can live without the air conditioner during an ice storm.

they're all to busy helping goggle gather for the feds.....

who ever control the information controls the masses.....THEY COULD REALLY GIVE A RATS A$$ ABOUT KIDDIE PORN AND THE LIKES....it's called
keeping civilization at a low chaos and avoiding anarchy......

that is why libraries are having a hard time changing over.....what would the great institutions do without 'citings' for papers.....although if we can
electronically sign our taxes and whole bunch of other crap....I'm pretty sure the libraries can do the same.....no more paper/books....just
buttons and screens.......

need rogue servers.....wifi

welcome to 'pirate bandwidth'

Quoted from bumblethru

We have an whole house generator.

As do I, except for the central air conditioner  compressor, and the dryer (2k  more expensive), because to I'm able to power my whole house, but hey, I've lived for most of my life without a dryer, or central air, and I'm pretty sure I can live without the air conditioner during an ice storm.