Re: [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f in Road Runner http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9512809 en Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:07:37 EDT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:07:37 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11875892 nycnetwork : Omg, man i fell your pain. Contact the Mayor and i'd probably ask for a year of free service. Also, OOL would've been my otion. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11875892 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:18:11 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11871766 mitska : Maybe I'm way off on this but it seems to me every time a group of outraged citizens come together and decide to run their own franchise, the cable companies get all hot and bothered. So, suppose you make up a nice plan for a county/area isp that does not make any money aside from enough to cover any running costs, get a bunch of signatures on it and proceed like you are actually going to do it. Perhaps they will pay attention then....
Of course something like this has got to be a last ditch effort.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11871766 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:31:03 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11865724 anon : Typical ... they want to charge the customer $25K. Mine was $7K for 3 houses. I doubt there are many people (I guess were refered to last milers) that have this kind of disposable cash. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11865724 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:09:08 EDT WIRELESS is the answer. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11797722 avd706 : If I were you, I would rent some space somewhere on the CV side of your town and figure out a wireless solution. It wouldn't cost so much, and, if you do it right, you will get better speeds than a wired RR connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11797722 Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:55:50 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11792814 Kip patterson : Sorry, but the price you got was rock bottom. You should take it before they change their mind.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11792814 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:33:02 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11790770 Muscl3s : I'm in the same boat as you are with a similar story. I live in NY between Amsterdam and Delanson, my zipcode is 12053. I contacted TWC with a construction request and they quoted me 6000 dollars for an extension of the feeder that is less than a half a mile away (0.43/mile). There are only 3 houses that cannot get cable (me included) in that small distance and only two of them want the service. According to the documentation I was sent in the mail by TWC they require 20 houses within 1 mile for them to be obligated to extend their lines for free. Me and my neighbor feel it's unacceptable to charge us 3000 bucks each to extend the feeder .43 of a mile especially since both of us want full service (digital cable, HSI, etc.).

Conclusion: TWC Sucks...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11790770 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 10:17:57 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11196062 Kip patterson : Looking up Highland, NY was a lot more fun than working!

With 1,000 dwelling units, Highland probably generates around $500k per year for TW, assuming they are all passed by cable. Looks like you've got a real uphill battle with few troops on your side.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11196062 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:31:22 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11195351 shapiro44 : Hall,
Time Warner holds the franchise. I got a copy of the
cable agreement with my town. Its from 1985. It doesnt
address the issue of building everybody.
It gets renewed every 6 months with no changes.
(My town is not interested in changing it.)

There is a N.Y. State cable commission whom I called once, told them my story. They never got back to me.

Thanks for posting.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11195351 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:02:29 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11189861 Hall : You should make more signs like

(sign # 1)
TIME WARNER WANTS TO

(sign # 2)
CHARGE ME $25000

(sign # 3)
TO EXTEND THEIR SERVICE

(sign # 4)
TO MY HOME

Not sure if this was asked earlier or not, but where you live, is there a "franchise authority" ?? It's usually a gov't (local or county) that oversees the cable companies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11189861 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:02:31 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11189398 shapiro44 : Using a 10 foot long and 4 foot wide piece of masonite
I finally put up a sign on my property easily viewable
from the road that reads:
TIME WARNER SUCKS

The white painted letters on the brownish masonite is
even more readable at nite.
Then I called 6 phone numbers at TWC and left voicemail
informing them what I've done, leaving them my name address
phone numbers to reach me. One guy at TWC actually answered
the phone, I retold him my story. First thing he said was
"that sucks". An hour later he stopped by my house in a TWC
truck, taking his own survey etc. I doubt anything will
come of it, but I can always hope. I told him that I aint
taking the sign down until I see spools in my neighborhood.

So, feel free to drive by (there's enough information in the
first post on the first page of this thread), then post
here, tell me how you enjoyed my artwork.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11189398 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:56:19 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10393247 Hall :
said by bodosom See Profile:
My letter from TW (my share is $9,533) says the formula they use for cost "sharing" is set by the State of New York.
Don't recall where the OP is from, but at least here in Ohio, the state gov't doesn't meddle with the cable industry. Local gov'ts have a little bit of "regulatory" control over them though...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10393247 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:35:13 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10393221 bodosom :
said by WhyADuck See Profile:
"It's not likely that the OP is being given an inaccurate figure"??? Sorry, but I simply cannot believe it costs anything remotely close to $25,000 to extend a cable ONE BLOCK. If it really costs that much, no place would ever get wired.

My letter from TW (my share is $9,533) says the formula they use for cost "sharing" is set by the State of New York.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10393221 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:32:43 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10391077 Kip patterson : No, they need at least RG-11 and a supply of skyhooks.

Seriously, there are a lot of things that have to happen.

A rideout with the pole owner, and all the poles used have to be added to the pole contract. About $10 per pole per year, by the way.

Is there an existing feeder that can be extended? Amps needed? Losses have to be calculated, tap plate values calculated.

If it can't be done from an existing feeder, where is the nearest trunk? May need to extend the trunk, a bridger amp for sure, plus the new feeder, taps, amps.

No trunk available? Where's the nearest fiber splice box with an open pair to the neighborhood hub? Set a node, run the fiber, install a new laser and receiver, perhaps add a line card, plus all of the above.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10391077 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:01:03 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10391041 Hall :
said by Kip patterson See Profile:
One doesn't just go up to existing cable and hook up an extension.
You mean they can't do it with a coupling and some RG6 cable ??]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10391041 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:51:18 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10390691 Kip patterson : "One block" is your assumption. No one can figure out what it takes to install cable in an area without a knowledge of the area including such information as house spacing, location of existing facilites, etc.

One doesn't just go up to existing cable and hook up an extension.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10390691 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 05:05:43 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10389489 WhyADuck : "It's not likely that the OP is being given an inaccurate figure"??? Sorry, but I simply cannot believe it costs anything remotely close to $25,000 to extend a cable ONE BLOCK. If it really costs that much, no place would ever get wired.

They may CLAIM it costs that much, but as I say, I do not believe it for a second. Utilities lie to customers all the time, and a figure that high simply doesn't make sense. It's like when some kid hacks into a corporate computer and gets caught, and the company pulls a multimillion dollar damages figure out of thin air and then tries to come up with some way to justify that figure. In other words they pull a figure out of a hat and then, only if necessary, cook some books to justify that figure. As I say, utilities are famous for this (virtually all telephone company accounting that is presented to public utility commissions is more fiction than fact), and if they really want to make such a claim I'd like to see them justify it to the penny, and then explain how they managed to wire the rest of the town if it cost them that much (you know that most residents of the town didn't pay a dime to have the cable run past their homes; if anything they only paid a small installation charge when they actually subscribed).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10389489 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:08:36 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10386800 Hall :
said by WhyADuck See Profile:
Failing on all the above counts, I'd contact the state representative that serves your district. As a constituent, you have a right to express your concern about a cable company attempting to gouge you on installation, and who knows, they may know someone high enough in the cable company to get something done.
It's not likely that the OP is being given an inaccurate figure. It may very well cost that much... The issue is, he's being expected to foot the bill himself. Who's to say EVERY OTHER neighbor hasn't called the cable company and been told the same thing ?? Depending on the franchise, they may simply input the address, and see "no service available". No one thinks to log these requests and see a pattern...

As already said, they need to *organize* and go to the cable company as a group and say they've got "x" potential customers. If it's enough, the cable company will cover the build-out cost in return for having "x" number of new subscribers and that much more $$$ coming in monthly.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10386800 Mon, 31 May 2004 18:01:53 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10386704 WhyADuck : Another thought, have you tried involving the local newspaper? Sometimes they like stories about people getting screwed by local utilities and will dig into them and find the right people to talk to (hint: You've almost certainly been talking to the wrong people).

Failing that, try the local news departments of any TV stations serving your area - talk to the consumer reporter if they have one. The TV stations may be more interested if you emphasize your inability to get Cable TV as opposed to cable Internet. If you are in the fringe area of a TV station that is on the cable, you could emphasize how you can't get a clear picture on their station.

The idea of contacting your city officials is also a very good one. Usually they have at least one or two people whose job it is to deal with the local cable franchises; occasionally there's an entire cable committee. Call city hall and ask who you'd complain to about cable service, then explain the situation to them.

Failing on all the above counts, I'd contact the state representative that serves your district. As a constituent, you have a right to express your concern about a cable company attempting to gouge you on installation, and who knows, they may know someone high enough in the cable company to get something done.

Now, one critical piece of advice: If you ever get to talk to someone at either cable company that sounds like they know what they are talking about, or especially if they make any promises to you, make sure you write down their name, telephone number, and the department and city they work out of, or if they have a title, write that down. The name and phone number are essential, but get as much other info as you can. Otherwise, when promises aren't kept or no action is taken, you won't have a clue who you spoke to and you'll have to start over from scratch. Utility employees will sometimes promise anything just to get you off the phone, knowing full well that you don't know who they are and even if you call back you'll have to deal with someone else, who will promptly deny everything. Don't let them play that game - get full contact information for anyone you talk to, and don't be afraid to call them back if commitments are not kept!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10386704 Mon, 31 May 2004 17:48:51 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10386295 Test99 : How about setting up a wireless link to a neighbor who already has broadband Internet access, or who would be willing to get it? People in the wireless forum should be able to advise you on the technical details. It may be easier to find a cooperative neighbor than to fight a large bureaucracy.
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You're stuck between a rock & a hard place (TWC & OOL)
What probably happened is that when TWC [who is supposed to be your provider] came in, they did a survey and not many people were interested in getting cable. So they probably thought why bother & spend money where no-body's interested. You're going to have to check town records because the town might have them down as a franchise, but never completely wired the area. If that's the case, they would be obligated to wire the area .]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10381246 Sun, 30 May 2004 23:37:41 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 f http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9940505 anon : They lost 100 billion dollars as a result of the aol and twc merger... They have to make it up somehow. We need Alternatives to the cable monopoly. Without real competition, we'll always get crappy products and services... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9940505 Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:25:09 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9918441 zmike2 : $25,0001!!:mad: SHOOT the DOG you will save $25,000 in dog food!
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9918441 Thu, 08 Apr 2004 23:42:57 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9915213 myshap : Curious to know how this saga continues. I have enjoyed optimum online service for serveral years and hope you can enjoy it too!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9915213 Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:57:14 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9621773 anon : I'm right down the road from you (in Milton), and I went through the same debacle with TWC. My road had no cable (although the cross-street did) since the developer never did the run. TWC quoted me $10,0000 to wire the road.

Go down to the down hall, and check the franchise agreement that TWC has with the town of Highland. In my case, they were contractually obligated to "build-out" service to any street that exceed a certain population density. Once we called that to their attention, they ran the cable and hooked us up.

In my case, the town was reasonably helpful, but don't expect them to have much leverage. After all, the franchise fees that TWN pays the town are not small change.

Good luck......]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9621773 Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:23:57 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9559346 bobble : Get a T3 or DS3 line and share that with your neighbors. Better yet, become your own ISP in your nieghborhood and make a profit. :D
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If you actually open your mind and not your rear, you'll understand what's going on]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9559346 Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:43:54 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9544132 JoshNJ : shapiro44, try cablevision, if you don't get anywhere, register on this site and send a pm to halw See Profile] (he works for cablevision)
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said by mba See Profile:
Send them a letter with an envelope containing the envelope for you utility bill that shows the zip code. Ask that a manager call you.

Good luck.

Morris


Good luck with that. Most of these companies outsource bill processing. A manager would never see it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9532759 Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:36:22 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9531458 mba : Send them a letter with an envelope containing the envelope for you utility bill that shows the zip code. Ask that a manager call you.

Good luck.

Morris]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9531458 Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:41:07 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9521793 krathis : Call your City Manager (or if your city is big enough, your utilities liason person) and ask them to get involved. You can also ask them to check the franchise agreement with the utility as most of them have some sort of clause about who/how they will provide service, and some agreements even have specific service levels included (i.e. they need to respond to issues within a certain amount of time).
Good Luck..red tape is a biznatch.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9521793 Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:34:39 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9520650 rec9140 : If your interested in persuading BIG CONGLOMERATE CABLECO to see the errors of their ways to get high speed internet then you and your neighbors need to band together.

First, put the tar, feathers, rope, and torches down. :) As much as I agree with the concept, that just makes them ignore you even more.

Second, you and your neighbors need to form your own little group. The Swartekill Road Cable Action Board or something else similar. With a BIG OFFICIAL OVERBEAR TITLE to go with it. Form it as some non profit or something. Registering with your local state and local business licensing groups would help, but not really needed.

Now that you have your own little PAC group. Its time to make a decision. WHO do you REALLY WANT to deal with.

MEGOPOLY Borg Raper - TimeWarner

Or

MiniMegopoly Raper - CableVision.

Stricly speaking as a high speed internet user, I think I would deal with CableVision as they offer the better broadband product, speed wise. Others will point out they have issues with their NNTP, POP3, and SMTP servers. This could be an issue for many. I use my own outside servers for all of these as I don't want to be tied to any particular ISP.

As far as TV service is concerned I won't address that, as I consider cable TV video services lacking in quality, offerings, price, and prefer DBS. I would imagine that most of the homes in this stretch have one or the other DBS provider since you say no cable for 30 years. So the main goal here is to get HSI.

Your group then needs to go to one of the various cable plant builders, take a look at »www.business.com/directory/telec···_design/

Or if one your members works/is an engineer they may know of a local firm that does this sort of work.

Have them come out and do a STUDY to expand BOTH companies lines. This will cost you some $$$ unless one your members can arrange it themselves. Try to arrange the study so that both cableco's see the company out there doing the study. Get neighbors on both sides to call in service calls so they have to come out and check things. Vans with big logos like "BIG GUY CABLE CONTRACTOR" will get noticed. Have them set up some orange cones, "Work Area Ahead," "Survey Crew" signs. Make a big show of it. You could do this yourselves with out really doing a study, run to your nearest Taylor Rental or other construction rental place and rent the signs and cones for a few days. :)

You could skip the study, and begin to lobby your local cable board, mayor, city council, board of elders, what ever applies. If you have to take it to the state utility board/PUC or what ever NY calls it.

Having the study is a MAJOR plus as the cableco will know your serious about this when you form a group to take action as a WHOLE v. upset and irate single NON CUSTOMERS. The study helps to show what it really costs and YOU KNOW what it costs v. being some uninformed consumer.

How long a stretch is this? 1M 1/2M, 1/4M more? less? How many homes? What type of demographics? All single family homes or mutliple dwelling units as well? The more $$$$$ you can make the cableco see the more likely they are to consider it.

Break it down for them. Look up their present packages and costs. Put it on paper when you lobby your politicos that:

Give them some demographics on median age, median income, etc.. Compare your stretch to the same stretch on either side of you, especially if your area has better demographics.

x homes WOULD subscribe to basic
x homes WOULD subscribe to Premium
x homes would subscribe to HBO
x homes would .... to HSI
x homes .... to multiple movie packages
x homes .... average y/PPV/month
x homes ... have multiple outlets

Put some numers to these and multiply out the numbers so the see the $$$$. SHOW THEM THE MONEY! :) DON'T INFLATE THESE be realistic with them. You don't have to put addresses to them, just a x homes. Whether thats what happens in the end or not doesn't matter. Use your DBS bills to compare it out.

If your really lucky you could get them both to cover the stretch and have competition for your business. Keep your little group together and make them report to you. Maybe even make your area its OWN FRANCHISE and COLLECT FRANCHISE FEES! :) :D ;) That may be the route to go now that I think of it. Put out and RFQ enter negotiation with both for a franchise to cover your area. I am sure that would definately spill some ones milk real quick. Especially if you have no local cable board. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9520650 Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:29:51 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9519851 Rick : I was just going to suggest the same thing Mattyw suggested. If you have OOL on the other side..why not call them and see what they say? (if you haven't already)
Maybe your area isn't Time Warners and OOL is who you should have been calling from the start.

Also, what I think i'd be doing is first figuring out how many houses your talking about that aren't being serviced?
You say the addresses are 200-300 but how many houses is that? If you all banded together it would make for a much better presentation to approach either TW or OOL and say here are XXX amount of customers who would love to have service from you.
Perhaps you could work out a compromise on the price, where each homeowner split the cost of installation.
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Usually requests for new plant construction are better recieved from someone "official" than just a bunch of pissed off people.

Also they are your elected officials, they serve you, so being you are in a tiny podunk chances are they will "fight your battle" because it means the whole infrastructure of the town would improve as well.

Good luck.
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(I see I got one zip code incorrect above,
This residence zip code is 12528 (not 12429 like TWC believes)
Town of Highland NY (not town of Esopus NY like TWC believes)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9512809 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:25:30 EDT Re: [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RR http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9512713 Matt : I feel your pain.

We are in an old building in downtown and they wanted to charge us $55,000 to offer us Biz Class. :)
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They also cant get my address right, neither the town nor the zip code.
There is not another area left in the country with this problem!!
I live in Highland NY, with zip code 12528.
The houses with addresses on Swartekill Road numbered greater than 300 have
Time Warner Cable/ Road Runner. The houses with addresses under 200 have
Cablevision/Optimum online. Those of us between 200 and 300 on Swartekill Rd
have no CABLE TV (for 3 decades) and no chance of getting DSL either.
Survey's done by Time Warner are now over $25,000; but they are sent to wrong
address and list our town (200 - 300 Swartekill Road) incorrectly. TWC insist
we are in Town of Esopus at zipcode 12429. Our correct town is Highland NY
with zipcode 12429. Would you accept a survey result of $25,000 and hand over
that much money to a company that can't even straighten out their customer
database, and have the addresses correct?
Lastly, because our addresses are incorrect in their (TWC) database
our are requests are not being counted correctly - not being counted at all!
In fact, when I call TWC for service they insist that I am not in there area.
It takes several minutes to convince their rep that this is TWC area. I am sick
of this conversation. For 6 years I have been calling TWC every month and
getting no where. Everybody else can get high speed for free installation
or $59 installation charge, Why do I have to pay $25,000 installation charge?
and then have my address in the wrong town and zipcode yet.
I still on dialup - probably forever.
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