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Re: [TWC] Forced to switch to Time Warner--in CA-San Gabriel Val I'm in the San Gabriel Valley too. My complex is wired for both Time Warner and Champion Broadband and several others in the area are the same. Even if the place is wired for Time Warner, Champion may be able to run a new line on the outside and use existing wiring inside. |
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 BloggerJedi PosterPremium
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| Yes, good thinking. I checked and they can't. It's a TW or nothing. The very large special complex open only to certain peoples has some deal with TW. All of the apartments are prewired and cable ready. I would speculate TW made the exclusive deal in exchange for wiring up all the apartments to be cable ready.
So at least logistically getting service should be easy. For the Internet all I need is a modem. Presumably they just "throw the switch at their end to make the connection "hot" in my apartment once I set up account with them. I hoping that I'm going to get OTA decent reception as I really can't afford cable TV. OTA is bad as we are too CLOSE to the mountains upon which at the top sits every frigging transmitter for everything broadcast over the air in the greater Los Angeles basin.
It's too bad I can't just transfer Champion. Except for some rough times during a year or so after an ownership change Champion or Altrio as they were known about 12 years ago when they started from the ground up have been outstanding for Internet and cable service at great prices with good CS. |
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| Is this type of setup even legal? I don't think they can ban satellite dishes. |
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| said by mikedz4:Is this type of setup even legal? I don't think they can ban satellite dishes.
I don't know the status of satellite dishes. They might be allowed, and may even be common. Functionally its a non-issue for me as I can't afford cable TV let alone satellite. However if you want cable it has to be TW.
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mdurkin
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The FCC banned exclusive contracts in residential MDUs and it was affirmed by the DC Circuit court of appeals. I'm pretty sure it's still law of the land if you want to press for another provider.
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said by Blogger:I checked and they can't. It's a TW or nothing. I've never had a choice of cable companies.
OTA is bad as we are too CLOSE to the mountains upon which at the top sits every frigging transmitter for everything broadcast over the air in the greater Los Angeles basin.
It's too bad I can't just transfer Champion.
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AT&T U-Hearse - RIP Unlimited Internet 1995-2011
Rethink Billable.
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| Having had Champion Broadband and Time Warner I can tell you that Time Warner internet is much faster as they don't cap data speeds. With Champion, having a 10 MBps Internet plan gets you 6-9 typically and 4-5 in peak times. The equivalent Time Warner plan will get you 12-17, depending on the location and wiring. Champion has fewer outages but feels much slower. I was actually going to switch to Time Warner and found that basic cable and internet would cost about $70/month and more if you wanted boxes. |
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said by djrobx:Buy the TWC "broadcast" basic TV package for less than $20 per month. $20? Really? Since when? I told TWC where to go when they sent me a letter saying that they were bumping the price for the basic TV package from $99 to $130. And that was for no internet connection at all! |
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| Broadcast basic is a very limited number of channels, locals, a few home shopping networks, and foreign language, at least in NYC. Generally up to around channel 25. The $20.00 price varies by area. Your *basic* TV package probably was a digital service, with channels up to 99. |
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| said by NightOwl2:Broadcast basic is a very limited number of channels, locals, a few home shopping networks, and foreign language, at least in NYC. Generally up to around channel 25. The $20.00 price varies by area. Your *basic* TV package probably was a digital service, with channels up to 99.
Nope. I had 2-26 and that was it. The digital pack required a box that they wanted $14 a month for, and that was on top of the $185 a month for that package back when I had it. TWC=No Thanks for me. |
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