Spectrum has landed - it is crazy (200x7) fast - a few other notes.
The cable card thing really throws them for a loop, to be fair, I didn't think about it when I ordered the service, when they called to schedule installer, I said "Make sure they bring a cable card". OhOh. I suspect we all would have been better off if the rep would have canceled my order and started over. I got an outstanding installer, everything is neat as a pin and configured within 90 minutes. Six hours later, a central office tech who happens to have a Roamio got everything working.
Love my Roamio, it is quite a bit faster then the Premier, six tuners won't hurt anything
Couple other notes:
- Make sure you are using Gigabit networking. I was using an inadequate cable, ended up with 100mpbs, new cable, now I exceed 200mbps!
- I asked for rdns, helpful support person doesn't seem to know rdns from dyndns, it's wrong. Hopefully, today's tech will get it right. AT&T has stronger IP support, I actually look forward to calling their people, inevitably they know more than me and I learn something from the AT&T tech.
- Charter could do a much better job of documenting their channel line up. I like everything in a spreadsheet so I can program the Tivo with stations I care about. Spent 30 minutes doing this, copy & paste would be a much better solution than hunt and peck.
- The phone companies let you update your sim card on-line, why can't we do the same thing with cablecard, would have saved Charter a bunch of money yesterday.
- Aaron, the Vitek installer did a nice job, I tend to be a snob about who I want to see when Charter shows up, I don't like it when a third party shows up. Aaron is an exception to the rule.