MyDogHsFleas
Premium
join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX | reply to routerman
Re: Time warner SDV deployment
I was getting them again just last night. I flipped back after a couple of minutes and it was OK again. |
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anony23423
@fujitsu.com
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TWC has not deployed SDV in Raleigh NC yet!
The boxs with the OCAP software are capable, but there is no channels and the service hasnt been implemtned yet.
On the new OCAP boxes press and hold SELECT on the remote, once the mail indicator on the box flashes press down arrow on the remote. Page through the diagnostics and there are 2 pages that pertain to SDV services, and mine say DISABLED or something like that. |
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embj
Premium
join:2003-09-12
Fayetteville, NC
clubs:
| Yup...anony23423 is right. We have the OCAP boxes, in the Raleigh/Fayetteville division, but no SDV yet. I'm sure that it's eminent, though. I've gotten a few things in the mail about them discontinuing a few On Demand interactive channels because of SDV. |
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Dampier
Phillip M Dampier
join:2003-03-23
Rochester, NY
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said by Steve Mehs  :I find it interesting that New York and Texas divisions always get upgraded first. Not just SDV, but in general. - Rochester and San Antonio were two of the first three franchises to get Start Over - Rochester was the first to get upgraded to 7Mb Road Runner - San Antonio was one of the first to get upgraded to 10Mb Road Runner Turbo - Rochester and Syracuse were the first ones to get upgraded to 10MB Road Runner and 15Mb Road Runner Turbo - San Antonio and Austin were the only ones to have Starz HD and Cinemax HD for a while - Rochester and Syracuse were amoung the first to do digital simulcast of the analog line up - Rochester is one of the few areas to offer Voice Mail at no additional charge and Caller ID on TV has been avalable for at least 2 years now here. Rochester has historically always been considered a major TW test market for new products and services due to its high adoption rate of new technology, comfort with fast-paced changes in service offerings, a well educated high-tech oriented workforce, but a more "middle class" income base that gives key indications about price level tolerance and resistance. We were early adopters of Road Runner in general, beginning consumer beta tests in 1998. The DVR box was market tested in this area first as well.
However, we are not the only test market for Time Warner. Multi-room networked DVRs have not tested here, nor interactive cable system platforms (central Florida had that honor first).
Some of the product offerings and enhancements you mentioned come not because of a need to test those products, but rather to respond to market competition issues. Frontier Telephone gives Time Warner a real run for the money in offering value to telephone customers. Phone rates in this market are much lower than in other NY cities, requiring more value on TW's part in their telephone bundle (which still does not do as well here as in many other cities where phone rates are higher).
FIOS will drive broadband speeds upwards as TW adopts the position that stable markets with no competitive pressure don't require significant speed upgrades.
Channel lineups are developed both locally and nationally. Starz! is a premium product that was created by the old TCI, Inc., (AT&T Cable -> Comcast) that has never been heavily promoted or rolled out by Time Warner cable systems, which prefer to push HBO & Cinemax. Rochester barely mentions Starz! and does not offer its on demand counterpart to local subscribers.
Corporate TW signs affiliation agreements with networks guaranteeing x million households will have access, and then assigns priority to the addition of those networks to the various divisions' lineups. That's the primary driving factor for the addition of new networks. But local management can also play a significant role on which networks stay and which go from a market's cable dial based on subscriber demand. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to billy2313
Kansas City is getting SDV during Summer 2008. |
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