jswisdom
join:2004-10-15
Ludlow, IL
|  [Other] Charter sold local franchise to Avenue Broadband?
Charter has recently sold their local franchise in the Georgetown, IL and surrounding areas to Avenue Broadband.
Has anyone ever heard of Avenue Broadband?
The only thing I know is that they are supposed to be located in Tyler, TX.
Other than that I do not have a clue as I cannot seem to find any information about them.
Does anyone know anything about these people? |
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zed260
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN | »www.avenuebroadband.com/
looks like a relatively new company |
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cork1958
Cork
join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
1 edit | Man!
That DOES look new!! |
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jswisdom
join:2004-10-15
Ludlow, IL
| reply to jswisdom
Has me curious because the only other thing I could find is some articles about towns in that area
being notified that the franchise has been sold to Avenue Broadband. No real info on the company.
Would be nice if we could get someone from Avenue Broadband to come to DSL Reports & give us
some info on their company.
I realize this is a Charter forum but considering the franchise was Charter that is why I asked here. |
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michigandave
join:2007-05-16
Fenton, MI
 ·AT&T Midwest
 ·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | reply to jswisdom
As found on State of Texas website:
Company Information: AVENUE BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS LLC
6125 PALUXY DR
TYLER, TX 75703-5976
Status: IN GOOD STANDING NOT FOR DISSOLUTION OR WITHDRAWAL through May 15, 2008
Registered Agent: KAY MONIGOLD
6125 PALUXY ROAD
TYLER, TX 75703
Registered Agent Resignation Date:
State of Incorporation: TX
File Number: 0800470794
Charter/COA Date: March 24, 2005
Charter/COA Type: Charter
Taxpayer Number: 32017068431
Do a search for Kay Monigold and it brings up a treasure trove of info
My initial guess by hurriedly looking over some of the info is that Avenue was created to gobble up little onesie-twosie cable outfits and lone outlying areas served by big cable that they're not interested in hanging onto that badly.
Just an extremely wild guess, though. |
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Radiomike
@joink.com | reply to jswisdom
Avenue has also purchased the Charter franchise in Brazil, Indiana, which also serves the eastern side of Terre Haute...as of 12/1 |
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WhiteKenny
join:2003-05-04
Trumbull, CT
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i wish they would sell off Trumbull CT to another company...i don't even care who, anybody has to be better than charter! actually, if i remember correctly, EVERYBODY was rated better than charter in this years PC mag poll!!!
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»www.myspace.com/white_kenny |
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DwarfCar
@sbcglobal.net | reply to jswisdom
Looks like we here in Vincennes, Indiana have also been sold by Charter to Avenue. |
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jason65544
@charter.com | reply to jswisdom
I'm in Washington, Indiana, and we just changed to Avenue as well. |
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Rape
@charter.com | reply to jswisdom
You just lost your cable privileges. |
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msm20032003
join:2006-02-14
Vincennes, IN | reply to jswisdom
»www.ai.org/iurc/video/video_vsp_112607.pdf
This lists all the areas in Indiana that were sold. (Page3) |
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michigandave
join:2007-05-16
Fenton, MI
1 edit | reply to jswisdom
Go to chartermedia.com and it seems nowhere in Indiana is served by Charter.
also this: »www.multichannel.com/article/CA6509532.html |
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msm20032003
join:2006-02-14
Vincennes, IN
2 edits | reply to jswisdom
hhtp://www.avenuebroadband.com
Looks like their website is up and running. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | Don't always "wish" for a different provider, awhile back some charter members got sold out to a provider, who promptly put bandwidth caps, and they lowered the speed tier from 3meg/512 to 512/256. |
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kcw12
@in.us | reply to jswisdom
Well charter wouldn't do anything in our area. Hopefully this company will actually expand and provide us with high speed internet. I am sick and tired of only being able to have dial-up. |
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gaurd4
Avenue Broadband
join:2002-11-23
Washington, IN
|  reply to michigandave
Well our area in Indiana, Washington to be exact have come into Avenue's possession and started there transition on the night or the 2nd of January. So far as of the 4th all I can say is nothing good, email migration to the @avenuebroadband.com had not worked for some people I know, mine works fine though. I have internet access but the Speed has be erratic since the morning of the 3rd. I cannot get on Xbox Live, the latency is in the 300's to the Xbox servers. I maybe able to play for at the most 5-10 min at a time. My 3meg line has been running anywhere from 409 Down up to the mid 2000's, the upload is just as erratic. Customer support seems to be really nice and they say this is just because of the transition and they have run into more issues than they thought they would, although they said they are working on it. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| said by gaurd4  :Well our area in Indiana, Washington to be exact have come into Avenue's possession and started there transition on the night or the 2nd of January. So far as of the 4th all I can say is nothing good, email migration to the @avenuebroadband.com had not worked for some people I know, mine works fine though. I have internet access but the Speed has be erratic since the morning of the 3rd. I cannot get on Xbox Live, the latency is in the 300's to the Xbox servers. I maybe able to play for at the most 5-10 min at a time. My 3meg line has been running anywhere from 409 Down up to the mid 2000's, the upload is just as erratic. Customer support seems to be really nice and they say this is just because of the transition and they have run into more issues than they thought they would, although they said they are working on it. If that is your idea of "good" you really need a better ISP. There should of not been ANY changes to internet,changing company name does not mean product changes to worse. they are just feeding you BS. |
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gaurd4
Avenue Broadband
join:2002-11-23
Washington, IN
2 edits | I know there shouldn't have been ANY Issues with the change...I'm just trying to be patient right now. So far though I'm not too impressed with them. "Yes I do miss Charter ." |
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vincennes res
@venuebroadband.com
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well to put it plainly IM SICK OF AVENUE! january 2nd i got on at 8 am and had no internet at all got back on at 6 pm had internet but couldnt play World Of Warcraft for more than 2 min. at a time before getting booted off it is 9 AM on the 8th of january and havent been able to get on World Of Warcraft yet i have 4 other friends that play in the area and they are haveing the same problems only thing i can get from avenue tech support is we dont know whats wrong and dont know when it will be fixed seems like pretty crapy tech support to me im ready to switch to ATT satalite/DLS its cheaper and you get your home phone line with it also less than 100bucks for all 3 serveses |
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Fte
@venuebroadband.com
| am in the exact same boat (vincennes res).. has been 6 days now and have not heard a word about what the problem is or when it will be fixed. i have had my share of crappy isp's but Avenue Broadband easily has them all beat and we're only 6 days in. for anyone looking for an isp in the area.. Stay away from them... only headaches will follow. |
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