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post #1501 of 9087
4/26/07 at 1:39pm
^How are the "teaser rates" that FIOS offers any different than the ones TWC uses?
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post #1502 of 9087
4/26/07 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by ENDContra View Post

^How are the "teaser rates" that FIOS offers any different than the ones TWC uses?

or the ones that Dish Network or DirecTV uses?
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post #1503 of 9087
4/26/07 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by cableguy101 View Post

...do you realize you are going to pay more for FiOS than what you think, they are teaser rates to lure you in, then after awhile your gonna be paying more...

Not only does TWC also have teaser rates, they don't give any information to their customers in each monthy statement about which rates are promo's and when the promo rates will expire, this has led to unexpected bill increases a couple of times, and if you call to argue they just tell you "Oh that was a promotional rate" but they dont have anything to show you that proves it, most of my cable bills over the last two years have had different promo rates with zero info about which rates are promos and when they expire...it's all part of TW's attempt to keep consumers from having the information they need to make a well informed choice!
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post #1504 of 9087
4/26/07 at 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by cableguy101 View Post

Also, most you people didnt understand me in my last post about FiOS. Forget about the offereings and etc, do you realize you are going to pay more for FiOS than what you think, they are teaser rates to lure you in, then after awhile your gonna be paying more. I dont know about the one person who said they would pay double of what TWC charged if it menat more HD channels, but how many more channels?? Out here in Desert Cities, all the local Networks are in HD and then DISCOVERY and TNT and etc, and it does also make a difference between different divisions, some are better than others and some are worse. For my area, its pretty darn good!!

well I don't see how I could be paying much more anyway since I already pay $130 for just the top digital package, a couple of cheap movie packages and a DVR, and that doesn't include the HD Suite or $40 for Road Runner. Out of that, 13 channels are HD including the 7 locals.

Compare that just to the national FiOS package:

TNT HD
ESPN HD
ESPN 2 HD
NFL Network HD
HD Net
HD Net Movies
Universal HD
Discovery HD
Wealth TV HD
National Geographic Channel HD
MTV HD
Food Network HD
HGTV HD
Lifetime Movie Network HD

HBO HDTV
Cinemax HDTV
Showtime HDTV
TMC HDTV
Starz HDTV

throw in a 15Mb broadband connection (compared to 5Mb) and double the price I pay is still worth it. TWC were going to charge me $45 for installing a DVR before I complained, and they were just replacing an old one which I could have done myself! TW has just as many sneak fees if you don't watch out for them.

Until something like FiOS hits this area or DirectTV make good on their HD promise and gives them competition I don't see any reason they will improve either HD service or broadband speeds any time soon. They have no real incentive to do so and no compulsion to improve things just for the hell of it.
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post #1505 of 9087
4/26/07 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by VisionOn View Post

well I don't see how I could be paying much more anyway since I already pay $130 for just the top digital package, a couple of cheap movie packages and a DVR, and that doesn't include the HD Suite or $40 for Road Runner. Out of that, 13 channels are HD including the 7 locals.

Compare that just to the national FiOS package:

TNT HD
ESPN HD
ESPN 2 HD
NFL Network HD
HD Net
HD Net Movies
Universal HD
Discovery HD
Wealth TV HD
National Geographic Channel HD
MTV HD
Food Network HD
HGTV HD
Lifetime Movie Network HD

HBO HDTV
Cinemax HDTV
Showtime HDTV
TMC HDTV
Starz HDTV

throw in a 15Mb broadband connection (compared to 5Mb) and double the price I pay is still worth it. TWC were going to charge me $45 for installing a DVR before I complained, and they were just replacing an old one which I could have done myself! TW has just as many sneak fees if you don't watch out for them.

Until something like FiOS hits this area or DirectTV make good on their HD promise and gives them competition I don't see any reason they will improve either HD service or broadband speeds any time soon. They have no real incentive to do so and no compulsion to improve things just for the hell of it.

Sign me up-I am in a Verizon area and FIOS, if it ever gets here is going to happen for me right away.
We have only 5 HD locals, not 7 because Bev Greenburg and Co. at TWC Milwaukee don't want to add the last two HD locals since the Sinclair agreement was signed THREE MONTHS AGO.
I pay about $30 more than you do, have RR and Dig phone (not included in total) and could care less if it was $50 more instead given more HD channels FINALLY got added, like those FIOS currently has!
FIOS: Sign me up!
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post #1506 of 9087
4/26/07 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by gparris View Post

Sign me up-I am in a Verizon area and FIOS, if it ever gets here is going to happen for me right away.

Don't get too excited - YET. FiOS is being rolled out in some areas (Buffalo, NY for example) JUST as a broadband & phon service. My sister-in-law signed up for it with their "TV Package" and it was DirecTV!! No word yet on when TV will be lit on the fiber there.
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post #1507 of 9087
4/26/07 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by davehancock View Post

Don't get too excited - YET. FiOS is being rolled out in some areas (Buffalo, NY for example) JUST as a broadband & phon service. My sister-in-law signed up for it with their "TV Package" and it was DirecTV!! No word yet on when TV will be lit on the fiber there.

yeah, but with a 15 Mb pipe she could get her entertainment through other questionable means pretty quickly
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post #1508 of 9087
4/29/07 at 10:12am
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Originally Posted by davehancock View Post

Don't get too excited - YET. FiOS is being rolled out in some areas (Buffalo, NY for example) JUST as a broadband & phon service. My sister-in-law signed up for it with their "TV Package" and it was DirecTV!! No word yet on when TV will be lit on the fiber there.

Broadband and phone they can offer without approvals, but TV service I believe needs a franchise/license agreement with the local gov.
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post #1509 of 9087
4/29/07 at 11:05am
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Originally Posted by Riverside_Guy View Post

Broadband and phone they can offer without approvals, but TV service I believe needs a franchise/license agreement with the local gov.

Probably right + they need to make arrangements with the local stations as well.

But, I was primarily sending a "heads up" that not all FiOS has TV (at least YET).
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post #1510 of 9087
4/30/07 at 5:48am
Grrrr Still no ESPN2 in HD on TWC in my area....is D* HD really crappy (I keep reading about this HD-lite they use and if it is I don't want to rob peter to pay paul so to speak).
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post #1511 of 9087
4/30/07 at 7:01am
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Grrrr Still no ESPN2 in HD on TWC in my area....is D* HD really crappy (I keep reading about this HD-lite they use and if it is I don't want to rob peter to pay paul so to speak).

Yea, still no ESPN2HD in Southwest Ohio either (which encompasses 2 top 60 markets -- Dayton and Cincinnati). How does E* ESPN2HD + ESPNHD quality compare to D*. The ESPN networks and the occasional college football game on ABC/CBS/NBC is all I really watch anyway.
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post #1512 of 9087
5/1/07 at 2:38am
we just got ESPN2HD added in hawaii!

we're still missing MHD and A&EHD (and the local CBS) but i'm starting to run out of things to complain about.
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post #1513 of 9087
5/1/07 at 6:34am
Reads like a nearly full menu in Hawaii ^^^^. For a fresh complaint topic, might want to consider whether your system/STB is delivering ~1920 lines of effective resolution (resolvable detail) from HDNet's Sunday 6:50 am (ET) test patterns. Many, including those on my system , report only measuring ~1300 lines maximum, a 32% reduction. Have only seen one post mentioning ~1920 lines. -- John
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post #1514 of 9087
5/1/07 at 6:39am
ESPN2 showed up as 1597 (TEST3) in Austin this week. Dunno what they are testing but I'm happy its there as long as they don't take it away!
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post #1515 of 9087
5/1/07 at 7:11am
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Originally Posted by AustinSTI View Post

ESPN2 showed up as 1597 (TEST3) in Austin this week. Dunno what they are testing but I'm happy its there as long as they don't take it away!

It's 1636 as of this morning on the guide. Though when I tune to it...blank screen and no sound.
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post #1516 of 9087
5/1/07 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by kurob View Post

It's 1636 as of this morning on the guide. Though when I tune to it...blank screen and no sound.

It's up and running now.
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post #1517 of 9087
5/1/07 at 12:00pm
Bout damn time!
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post #1518 of 9087
5/1/07 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by skylab View Post

Yea, still no ESPN2HD in Southwest Ohio either (which encompasses 2 top 60 markets -- Dayton and Cincinnati). How does E* ESPN2HD + ESPNHD quality compare to D*. The ESPN networks and the occasional college football game on ABC/CBS/NBC is all I really watch anyway.

I received the following email yesterday from the Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Time Warner Cable in Southwest Ohio (titles that long should have mandatory abbreviations: VPGPATWCSWOH).
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ESPN2 in HD and ESPNU are scheduled to be added to the channel line-up in Southwest Ohio during the third quarter of this year.

The launch dates will be widely publicized.

Apparently SW Ohio is in no hurry whatsoever to get these channels added.
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post #1519 of 9087
5/1/07 at 6:21pm
yay! ESPN2HD on TWC in ATX! w00t!
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post #1520 of 9087
5/2/07 at 3:17am
What to heck is MOJO HD? It showed up last night on TWC in the Corning NY area.

Bill G
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post #1521 of 9087
5/2/07 at 3:21am
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Originally Posted by Bill G View Post

What to heck is MOJO HD? It showed up last night on TWC in the Corning NY area.

Bill G

MOJO is the new name for INHD1. I'm not from your area so don't know if you had INHD1 or if MOJO is new to your area. Whereas INHD1 was know for more of a generalized HD content, MOJO is aiming for more a male audience.
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post #1522 of 9087
5/2/07 at 3:31am
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Originally Posted by Bill G View Post

What to heck is MOJO HD? It showed up last night on TWC in the Corning NY area.

Bill G

INHD is now MOJO.
INHD2 no longer exists.
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post #1523 of 9087
5/2/07 at 9:45am
Last night I turned my TV on and started flipping channels (ESPNHD is my default when I turn the set on).. I hit the plus channel button and arm wrestling was on and I kept going not thinking anything of it.. then the classic double take... THE DUECE IN HD.

Came into work today and everyone had the same reaction.

Thanks Time Warner Austin. Now, get me the NFL network and I'll shut up (for a while)
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post #1524 of 9087
5/2/07 at 9:56am
MOJO (INHD) seems to be blacked out most evenings. (at least 50% of the time)
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post #1525 of 9087
5/2/07 at 11:09am
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Originally Posted by Stan54 View Post

MOJO (INHD) seems to be blacked out most evenings. (at least 50% of the time)

Hehe, thats not good!! MOJO is certain programming that INHD puts on to attract a different kind of audienece!! I have noticed it mostly is concerts and stuff which INHD is famous for doing, just doing it now under a different name!! I was kinda mad out here when I found out TWC was taking away INHD2 to put UNI-HD on in its place until I found out INHD2 was going to be no longer and that it was all going to be on INHD (MOJO). I got my MOJO, how bout you people!!, lol
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post #1526 of 9087
5/2/07 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by Stan54 View Post

MOJO (INHD) seems to be blacked out most evenings. (at least 50% of the time)

I'm going to guess that your system does something special...
like replaces the bandwidth for INHD/MOJO with a temporary HD broadcast of a local sporting event (Red Sox?) that may not have a 24/7 channel on your system...
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post #1527 of 9087
5/2/07 at 11:39am
I've noticed some mentioning ESPN2 HD being added in their markets. This is a good sign, I'm hoping it gets added to NY/NJ TWC soon as well since it was promised by year's end.
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post #1528 of 9087
5/2/07 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by mark_j View Post

I've noticed some mentioning ESPN2 HD being added in their markets. This is a good sign, I'm hoping it gets added to NY/NJ TWC soon as well since it was promised by year's end.

only a few areas have the ability to add it in NY.
TWC is dragging their feet on this.

join us in the local New York thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...8#post10446428
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post #1529 of 9087
5/3/07 at 9:31pm
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Time Warner Cable had deployed [switched video] technology in eight divisions at the end of 2006, and it is aiming to have it in three-fourths of all 23 divisions by the end of 2007.

http://multichannel.com/article/CA6439205.html
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post #1530 of 9087
5/4/07 at 12:45am
Thats sweet!! Thats what I was talking about earlier in the forum like a few weeks ago!! Personally, I would get rid of all the shopping channels and the food network and the lifetime crap!! Put those on demand when people want them cuz I doubt most people watch those channels all the time!! they would give my system more bandwith to use!! I also found out my system in Palm SPrings area is getting a 1 GIG upgrade within the next year!! Awesome for me since that means we can add channels when they are available and not wait for bandwith or get rid of something!! Gonna take a lot of hard work though to get everything upgraded!!
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