Time-Warner cable opinions... need input...

What do you think of TW cable? Service? Costs vs Dish? Internet speed? We're in Maine btw... thanks !!!

 

It's charter spectrum now.

I hate cable and internet companies.

Their cable box sucks real bad. Go through one every year. Their remotes suck, but they do have an app that works good about ℅80 of the time.
The Mrs gets on the phone or when a box craps out stops by their closest office and usually gets an "older rate" after rates have increased and their box craps out.

Service is hit or miss.
We run our own router, to avoid the rental fee.....
They recently changed their (then back again) coding so it's only compatible with their POS routers...So we have to program ours back and forth to keep the wifi up.

Internet speed can be good if you pay for it. In my area they have been throttling you back during peak use.
I personally don't the like their packages speed of upload vs download, you have to buy a ton of download to get good upload speeds.....

The only thing half reliable in my area is their picture quality. It is almost always great. That's if their programming matches what the live cable guide says

All in all cable is alot of money for really bad service, it grinds my gears something feirce!

 

I can't say anything good about them either .
Raised my rates every 3 months till I'd had enough .
Went to direct TV
Happy so far

 

My wife was told by a TWC rep. that if they raise your rates call and cancel and have your spouse sign up as a new customer to get the 89$ a month price. When that runs out have your spouse call and cancel and then you call and sign up. The reps go along because they are on commission. I haven't tried this because they kept our rate low.

 

Welp... we'll see how this goes. My honey just signed us up... ...

 

Try it, maybe you will like it. They do have a good trial price.

I'm surprised you guys have cable service, as a kid I remember when it came through to what was once my rural home town.
There are still no service areas in "upstate" NY!

 

Time Warner's service here is decent, internet is good. Unfortunately most of the absolute CRAP on TV really makes it not worth the expense. Time Warner needs to be the first company to allow their customers to pick and choose the channels they want. Each one individually. So much per channel per month. Then I would buy the channels I like to watch and their internet service. Prolly not as much money in it for them that way though.

Recently I was looking for ways to save money in our budget. I talked with wife about the TV channels and how we never watch about 90% of them and what I was going to do. She said go for it. I reduced our channels back to the basic 1-13. Saved $58/month. We have those 1-13 channels and the internet service with them. And our cell phones through Verizon. There are a few shows I miss seeing occasionally but its pretty easy to find better things to do.

 

hint do not use their email except as a junk cause then it's more difficult to change..

 

We are signing up too. The only options for internet here are satellite or cellular...no DSL. There was no cable on our road, the house density is not high enough to require them to supply service according to their contract with my town. I contacted TWC Business class and told them I needed secure internet to work from home, they did a survey of the build out to my home, the nearest line is about 1200 feet away. They agreed to build the line if I agreed to buy a minimum $ amount of service for three years, so I signed up. The line is built to the pole that serves my house, we are now waiting for some snow melt and things to thaw a bit so they can run the underground line from the pole to my house. We are trying to sell this house and at least two prospective buyers commented on the lack of cable service.

 

We're waiting until Spectrum takes the reins from TWC in a few more days. I think I heard the sales guy say just one double-click on their WiFi and a cord of wood will show up all stacked in the shed... ... ... no... really..........

 

No, he said one click and porn would show up.

 

So the deal we signed was with TWC business, they would build the line to our house, no cost, but we must buy $150/mo of service for three years.

The installation was completed a few weeks ago, just as Spectrum took over. Its been over a year from when we signed. The package we signed up for a year ago was out of date, the guy who did the final install told me to call and update it. When I called to get the package updated, I explained that I had to buy $150 worth of service because of the contract. To which they told me, this is Spectrum now, we don't do contracts, you are not under contract.

So we could even cancel all service if we wanted and basically have gotten the line built for free. We ended up cancelling with Spectrum business and signing up with Spectrum residential as the packages and prices are much better.

 

I love my TV/cable provider now that I cancelled my service!

 

Not at my age.

 

None of that for me, if that happens it's God telling you you had enough. Well, that's what I'm gonna tell myself

 

I took one of them once. Ended up in the ER. Almost killed me!
Yep, it got caught in my throat and my throat swelled shut.

 

Charter here. Bunch of crap on TV now-a-days. Don't like cable.

At the cottage, we have DVDs and VHS tapes. I hope to be getting over the air antenna system for down there this summer.