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FTC Approves Time Warner Cable, Insight Deal
750,000 Customers Officially Have a New Home
by Karl Bode Wednesday 21-Sep-2011 tags: business · cable · Insight Communications · Time Warner Cable
The FTC has officially signed off on Time Warner Cable's planned acquisition of Insight Communications. Most of the companies interested in acquiring Insight Communications had dropped out of the bidding process, turned off by Insight owner Carlyle Group's steep $4 billion price tag. Waiting paid off for Time Warner Cable, who was among the first to balk at the price -- but was ultimately able to grab Insight for $3 billion. The deal gives Time Warner Cable an additional 750,000 broadband, voice and TV customers in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Neither Time Warner Cable or Insight are giving a timeline or list of potential changes (programming, pricing, etc.) but users can keep tabs on our Insight Communications and Time Warner Cable/Roadrunner forums for the latest news.

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hottboiinnc
ME

join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH

Ohio

WOW, TWC and U-Verse. great options for Columbus. About the only company that can preform and compete is WOW!

45612019

join:2004-02-05
New York, NY

Re: Ohio

Time Warner's HD channel lineup in Ohio is pretty good. Now that they've rolled out DOCSIS 3.0 they've got acceptable speeds. In many markets they don't seem to be re-encoding HD channels to a lower bitrate. And, they still have no bandwidth caps.

All around, a much better result than the alternative. Comcap could have bought Insight and everyone would be subjected to bandwidth caps and shitty re-compressed channels.

Summit

join:2005-03-14
Marion, OH

Re: Ohio

In Marion, the HD Channels are shitty.... They constantly Pixelate and Freeze up and we have to have our Cable Box sent a New Signal once a Month. TWC keeps saying that there is nothing wrong.

Smith6612
Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:21

Re: Ohio

Haven't you had someone out to check the coaxial plant for noise? That is what happens to satellite when you have poor reception, and Cable works the same way (minus line-of-sight, of course).

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH

Re: Ohio

I'm guessing so as i'd herd that complain alot when i was installing DirecTV up that way in 08-09
pimpinparker

join:2005-06-14
North Baltimore, OH
That's why I switched to DirecTV, TWCs cable boxes suck.

Their HD line up is great though in NW Ohio but DirecTVs HD looks better.

Net_Engr

@twcable.com
Pixelation and Freezing are indicative of a signal issue to your home, or within the home to the set-top box.

Please contact Technical Support at 614-487-7766 or toll-free 877-317-7766 to arrange a service visit to your home. Service calls are free and can be arranged to meet your schedule, including weekends.

ARGONAUT
got ping?
Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN

Insight customer

I feel so used.

Rambo76098

join:2003-02-21
Columbus, OH

Re: Insight customer

We're actually going to be better off in Columbus, hardware here was owned by TWC and leased to Insight, so neither have upgraded much of anything in last 10 years.

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH

Re: Insight customer

What hardware? Source?

Rambo76098

join:2003-02-21
Columbus, OH
Reviews:
·WOW Internet and..
·AT&T Midwest
·AT&T U-Verse
·Insight Communic..

Re: Insight customer

The hodgepodge of neighborhoods that some houses are TWC, others are Insight. Insight selling roadrunner. The packages sold by Insight being different in every other market.

Will be interesting to see what happens here once the two are integrated.

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH
Reviews:
·Insight Communic..

Re: Insight customer

For starters:

Insight chose to go with RR here in columbus becuase it was a well known brand when they wanted to add Internet to their lineup ask RR Rick or Comcast Rick or something like that if your want the gorey details about that.

The hodgepodge was due to the expantion of Columbus over time, hell even WOW was expanded from what then inherited from Ameritech's Americast.

I'm actualy suprised TWC bought us since were a Motorola system and they are a SA/Cisco system here, should be interesting to see how the integrate that. I would of thought WOW would of been snapped up by TWC since same system and all.

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH

So

Can we now have a merger website posted so we know what and when things are gonna happen, you just got the major checkmark you needed so.....START TALKING TWC!

aciddrink

join:2000-08-26
Lexington, KY
Reviews:
·Insight Communic..
·Windstream
·Comcast

Lexington

In KY, I've had Insight for a year or so and love it. Its reliable and most importantly there's on caps. Lets hope nothing changes when TWC moves in :|

One thing I wont miss is the bi-daily spam mail insight puts in my mailbox trying to get me to sign up to their TV packages. They even have other companies mask the mail as something formal and important, then when I open the envelope it's just the same old Insight ad trying to get me to sign up to TV. Kinda funny actually.

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH

Re: Lexington

i get those ad nasuim for phone
jgegner

join:2007-12-17
Bowling Green, KY
Reviews:
·Insight Communic..

Re: Lexington

said by OSUGoose:

i get those ad nasuim for phone

So do I. I just keep throwing them in the garbage every time I get one in the mail. You'd think Insight would take the hint and stop sending them.

James
--
Before you open your mouth to say something stupid, shut up first.

OSUGoose

join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH

Re: Lexington

Na, thus why TWC bough them!

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