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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 22, 2008 10:45:29 GMT -5
Yeah, so I get my cable through Charter, and I use their "bundle" package with telephone and hi-speed internet included- considering my financial situation, it's more practical for me right now rather than just switching to DirecTV.
At this point, though, DirecTV is looking pretty good. For whatever reason (apparently this has been building up for a while), Charter can't come to terms with Belo Corp., the company that owns St. Louis' CBS affiliate- KMOV. So as of Jan. 1, 2009, unless something gives and some kind of compromise is reach, all Charter customers will lose the KMOV signal.
Even though I blame both sides, I just wrote Charter a letter. I don't watch a lot on KMOV as of late, but I certainly don't want to miss the NFL playoffs, the Late Show, How I Met Your Mother, Christine, or definitely not their local news, which I find to be credible- at least when compared to my Fox affiliate, where they don't seem to give a s***.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Dec 22, 2008 11:06:31 GMT -5
If everything goes to pot, get some bunny ears or something. As long as your TV has the integrated digital tuner, you can pick up the channels you are missing with those.
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Post by anticonscience on Dec 22, 2008 11:17:39 GMT -5
the same thing happened in the Buffalo area a couple months ago where Time Warner and the CBS affiliate fought and customers up here were without the CBS and CW affiliates (same company) for like 3 weeks. It was funny, to fill in the holes Time Warner stuck College Sports TV on the CBS station and HBO Family instead of CW.
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CM Dazz
King Koopa
Chuck
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Post by CM Dazz on Dec 22, 2008 11:32:18 GMT -5
HA! Thats nothing, my cable company is raising the price $40 a month on Jan 1
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Dec 23, 2008 0:10:43 GMT -5
I heard about this too which why I'm glad I don't have charter. Let me tell you that Charter has been on my bad side already. Which is why I no longer do business with them.
Which that long is a long story of the Crappy Service they gave me. Basicly they would have to do a lot for me to even go back.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 23, 2008 0:39:52 GMT -5
Eh, complain to them.
Enough complaints, and they'll carry it.
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Post by Diddly on Dec 23, 2008 0:58:27 GMT -5
This happened to me with Suddenlink and the local NBC affiliate this time last year. On 1/1 we got a blue screen where the NBC channel was. After a week we started getting the Dallas NBC affiliate. About 2 months later the money issues were solved and we got the local affiliate back.
Cable companies (and cable channels/affiliates) are just assholes and everything is coming down to monetary issues now. And we're the ones who pay for their greed.
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Johnny B. Decent
Patti Mayonnaise
Had one once
Everybody's Favorite Arizonian.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Dec 23, 2008 1:00:25 GMT -5
Well, your Cable company hates you back!
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Slim Loves Lily
El Dandy
I'm gonna want the milksteak boiled over hard.
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Post by Slim Loves Lily on Dec 23, 2008 2:25:24 GMT -5
I used to have Charter.
Horrible, HORRIBLE customer service.
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Post by Killah Ray on Dec 23, 2008 5:52:31 GMT -5
I hate Time Warner for not carrying NFL Network or WWE 24/7....the latter which they were supposidly negotiating with for over a year now...
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Dec 23, 2008 7:46:36 GMT -5
I used to have Charter. Horrible, HORRIBLE customer service. I know what you mean. Because if that is why I said f*** them. The shit they pulled with me is unbelieveable. |
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mrrotten
Don Corleone
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Post by mrrotten on Dec 25, 2008 22:16:11 GMT -5
Dish Network had problems with a contract with the ABC affiliate in the Albany area, though it didn't seem to take long for them to resolve the problem.
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Post by Toom E. Guci on Dec 25, 2008 22:31:08 GMT -5
Ya know what ya need? A brand new Cable Guy......  Chip Douglas can help you. |
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