Zoly
join:2004-01-04
Houston, TX
| Price Hikes happened even before!
Even when TWC controlled Houston's market, price hikes happened several times, but what is going on now is even worse then ever.
I had cable service here in Houston for 6 years. For about 2 years ago TWC decided to do some upgrades in my area, when they completed my digital service went down to hell! Constant drops of the signal on all HBO, Showtime channels, most of VoD, as well as CNN International and some HD channels.
They came to fix my service multiple times, they even replaced all cables from the node up to my TV but nothing helped.
I went then on my own and swapped the STB and the problem was mostly sorted out, kind of.
Then they started adding additional fees almost every other 3 months, moving channels in and out, dropping some for good including (CNNi), moving Tennis Channel to so-called Sport package. Why should I pay for that sport package just to get one single Tennis channel when I don't care about any other channel they force me know to buy?
I don't care about football, baseball, basketball... I never watched then and I never will!
Then HD channels started implementing some sort of compression which caused huge amount of pixelation on all fast movement scenes.
Then when I finally called back in January about the quality and increased prices we pay, the CS lady said that "there is nothing I can do". I have been loyal customer for 6 years and they could not give me any promo/special price (I had all digital packages including HBO and SHOWTime).
In response I said that then I have no choice but to switch to U-verse. I could not believe what I have heard after that!!! She said "Whatever... Is there anything else I can assist you?"
The word "Whatever" just made my day! LOL I instantly called and signed up for u-verse. It had been installed 1.5 weeks later after I called.
Now I have U-400 package with HBO/Cinemax/Showtime/Starz plus never touched by me many Sports channels and not perfect HD service, plus DVR, the Internet and all for $138 per month, the same price I paid for TWC/Comcast and gotten not all channels included in U-400.
I have to be honest that I don't even watch 90% of what U-verse has. No one physically can watch all 400 channels. LOL
But U-verse is not ready yet. They do not have the Tennis channel.
HD quality (especially on locals) is pretty bad, though they say that new codecs should change that. WE SHALL SEE!
Only 1 HD stream per household... |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Two Words:
Dish Network  |
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elister
join:2006-07-17
Seattle, WA | Unless you live in an apartment complex. Hello 200$ deposit to put up an antenna, yet along a freaking dish. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to Zoly
There is a Tennis Channel?
Go figure.... |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA
| reply to elister
said by elister  :Unless you live in an apartment complex. Hello 200$ deposit to put up an antenna, yet along a freaking dish. It's against the law for them to do that. |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | Maybe, or maybe not. It depends on where you are locating the dish. |
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FixManTx
Premium
join:2005-02-06
Carrollton, TX
| Yeah I'm seeing the difference. Until 3 years ago I had TWC digital cable and Speed channel was included in basic digital service. Since my poor credit prevents me from getting Uverse I had to go with Comcrap, and they want me to pay for a whole 14 or 15 channel sports package just to get Speed. I have no interest whatsoever with football or basketball or all that other nonsense. On second thought, sometimes Fuel has stuff I like, but mostly I watch Speed. With the package and equipment I have it looks like I'll about break even on the price changes.
I don't even consider any dish service. They regularly loose signal when storms roll in, no matter which service or what part of town I'm in, and here in Houston it doesn't take much for a hard rain or full thunderstorm to pop up and block satellite signals. |
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christophertowle
@ti.com
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I am going through the same thing in Houston. I am looking at Dish, but when I go to their builder I am not able to select a HD TV AND a PVR. I can only get a SD TV with a PVR.
Is this possible or is it a user error?
Zoly, Do you play tennis around town? Where and what level do you play? |
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Zoly
join:2004-01-04
Houston, TX | No, I do not play. But my roommate does. And now he needs a new person to play with. PM me |
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