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  Time Warner Cable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-04-24 00:44 +0000
    Re: Time Warner Cable Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-23 21:17 -0400
      Re: Time Warner Cable GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-23 20:23 -0600
        Re: Time Warner Cable Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 09:49 -0700
      Re: Time Warner Cable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-04-24 02:50 +0000
        Re: Time Warner Cable DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-23 23:27 -0400
        Re: Time Warner Cable Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-24 09:02 -0400
      Re: Time Warner Cable Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-04-24 23:46 +0000
        Re: Time Warner Cable Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 00:47 +0000
          Re: Time Warner Cable Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-04-25 11:12 +0000
            Re: Time Warner Cable Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 12:33 +0000
              Re: Time Warner Cable chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-25 07:38 -0500
                Re: Time Warner Cable Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-04-27 13:32 -0500
                Re: Time Warner Cable Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 12:14 +0000
              Re: Time Warner Cable Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 16:04 +0200
                Re: Time Warner Cable DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-25 10:14 -0400
          Re: Time Warner Cable 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-11 09:31 -0400
          Re: Time Warner Cable RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 15:11 +0000
            Re: Time Warner Cable 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-11 11:28 -0400
        Re: Time Warner Cable Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 19:52 -0700
          Re: Time Warner Cable "Poisoned by Win 8.1" <trigonometry1972@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 02:00 -0700

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#239926 — Time Warner Cable

What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
incompetent.

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#239933

On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
> What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
> incompetent.
>

Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think 
that's what I read.

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

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#239947

On 4/23/2014 7:17 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
> On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
>> What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
>> incompetent.
>>
> 
> Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think
> that's what I read.
> 
I've followed Time warner since they bought up Atari.  Every buy out or
merger has resulted in Time Warner looting or ruining the company.
Bye Bye Comcast.

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#240015

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, GreyCloud wrote:
> On 4/23/2014 7:17 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
> 
> > On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
> 
> >> What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
> 
> >> incompetent.
> 
> >>
> 
> > 
> 
> > Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think
> 
> > that's what I read.
> 
> > 
> 
> I've followed Time warner since they bought up Atari.  Every buy out or
> 
> merger has resulted in Time Warner looting or ruining the company.
> 
> Bye Bye Comcast.

They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla here (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the consumer). There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of this deal.

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#239952

Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
> On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
> > What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
> > incompetent.
> >

> Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think 
> that's what I read.

Maybe.  Been using Directv for a while.  Switching to cable for TV
and internet in the new house.  Called last week to have hookup.
Chose preferred dates 4/22, 4/23.  No communication over the weekend.
Called Monday to verify.  Could not find info, then found it, said
dates not available.  First available 4/24.  OK.  4/24 it is then.
Scheduled other workers at the house today.  Here comes the *cable* guy.
He doesn't know anything about the change in service date.  Starts
working.  I wanted six boxes.  Needed one line run, as house already had
cabling in the other rooms.  "We don't drill in the floor.  You'll need
an electrician for that."  WTF?  I've had cable and satellite installers
drill all over the fucking place for decades.  So after several foreign
call center catastrophes, I finally get ahold of an American in chat.
Got everything resolved I guess, but get this:  I wasn't at the house
when the guy came.  My wife was there with the other workers. Cable guy
is some spook with a foreign accent (in person even!).  The guy at one
point reached out and removed my wife's sunglasses from her face!  If I
had been there at the time, I'd be in jail right now for a violent "hate
crime."  

But damn, the worst was the three call centers I had to deal with.
Complete fucking morons.

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#239953

On 04/23/2014 10:50 PM, owl wrote:
> Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
>> On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
>>> What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
>>> incompetent.
>>>
>
>> Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think
>> that's what I read.
>
> Maybe.  Been using Directv for a while.  Switching to cable for TV
> and internet in the new house.  Called last week to have hookup.
> Chose preferred dates 4/22, 4/23.  No communication over the weekend.
> Called Monday to verify.  Could not find info, then found it, said
> dates not available.  First available 4/24.  OK.  4/24 it is then.
> Scheduled other workers at the house today.  Here comes the *cable* guy.
> He doesn't know anything about the change in service date.  Starts
> working.  I wanted six boxes.

Duck Dynasty in every room...



> Needed one line run, as house already had
> cabling in the other rooms.  "We don't drill in the floor.  You'll need
> an electrician for that."

He was afraid of puncturing the tires.



> WTF?  I've had cable and satellite installers
> drill all over the fucking place for decades.  So after several foreign
> call center catastrophes, I finally get ahold of an American in chat.
> Got everything resolved I guess, but get this:  I wasn't at the house
> when the guy came.  My wife was there with the other workers. Cable guy
> is some spook with a foreign accent (in person even!).  The guy at one
> point reached out and removed my wife's sunglasses from her face!  If I
> had been there at the time, I'd be in jail right now for a violent "hate
> crime."
>
> But damn, the worst was the three call centers I had to deal with.
> Complete fucking morons.


You need to call and report that jig.  That's probably assault.

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#239977

On 2014-04-23 10:50 PM, owl wrote:
> Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
>> On 2014-04-23 8:44 PM, owl wrote:
>>> What the *fuck* has happened to this company?  They are completely
>>> incompetent.
>>>
>
>> Weren't they just purchased by Comcast? I'm not in the US but I think
>> that's what I read.
>
> Maybe.  Been using Directv for a while.  Switching to cable for TV
> and internet in the new house.  Called last week to have hookup.
> Chose preferred dates 4/22, 4/23.  No communication over the weekend.
> Called Monday to verify.  Could not find info, then found it, said
> dates not available.  First available 4/24.  OK.  4/24 it is then.
> Scheduled other workers at the house today.  Here comes the *cable* guy.
> He doesn't know anything about the change in service date.  Starts
> working.  I wanted six boxes.  Needed one line run, as house already had
> cabling in the other rooms.  "We don't drill in the floor.  You'll need
> an electrician for that."  WTF?  I've had cable and satellite installers
> drill all over the fucking place for decades.  So after several foreign
> call center catastrophes, I finally get ahold of an American in chat.
> Got everything resolved I guess, but get this:  I wasn't at the house
> when the guy came.  My wife was there with the other workers. Cable guy
> is some spook with a foreign accent (in person even!).  The guy at one
> point reached out and removed my wife's sunglasses from her face!  If I
> had been there at the time, I'd be in jail right now for a violent "hate
> crime."
>
> But damn, the worst was the three call centers I had to deal with.
> Complete fucking morons.

Doesn't it make you want to disconnect your cable entirely and just rely 
on a cheapo antenna? When my cable company had an outage in my area on 
September 5th two years ago, it affected both my Internet and TV 
obviously. I had already thought about cutting them off but when that 
happened, I went ahead and did so. Relied on antenna alone for the next 
8 months. I'd still only be using that if the new ISP I chose hadn't 
fucked me over and forced me to go to another company to choose a bundle 
which included TV reception.

If you're in a heavily populated area of the United States, I would 
imagine that you would get a crapload of channels with an antenna and 
wouldn't actually need the cable hookup at all.

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

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#240038

Steve Carroll wrote:

> They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla here
> (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the consumer).
> There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of this deal.

Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak and 
understand English well.



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#240050

On 2014-04-24, Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> claimed:
> Steve Carroll wrote:
>
>> They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla here
>> (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the consumer).
>> There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of this deal.
>
> Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak and 
> understand English well.

We should be getting Google fiber in my neighborhood any time now. Not
a moment too soon.

I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.

-- 
Don't look back, the lemmings are gaining on you.

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#240073

Sinister Midget wrote:

> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.

Where I live, it's either them or Frontier DSL, which is absolutely horrid.

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#240079

On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:12:56 +0000, Tattoo Vampire wrote:

> Sinister Midget wrote:
> 
>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
> 
> Where I live, it's either them or Frontier DSL, which is absolutely
> horrid.

I currently have Time-Warner. They aren't great, but they're a far sight 
better than Comcast. That'll end once Comcast assimilates them.

My sister-in-law (in Atlanta) has Comcast. She says she's afraid to call 
them about anything because it always ends up with her being billed for 
things she didn't agree to, and it takes her months to straighten it out. 
Even longer to get the false "past due" bills fixed.

I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for Google to start putting in 
fiber here. But as part of their "don't be evil" schtick, they started 
putting it in and near the hood first. They're finally near my area, and 
should start in my neighborhood soon.

-- 
Excuse my English.  I went to US public school.

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#240080

Sinister Midget wrote:

>I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for Google to start putting in 
>fiber here. But as part of their "don't be evil" schtick, they started 
>putting it in and near the hood first. 

Well, it makes some sense to start in the most densely populated
areas...

>They're finally near my area, and 
>should start in my neighborhood soon.

You're lucky.  I don't expect fiber anywhere near my home, in my
lifetime...

-- 
"I doubt a day goes by where Linus doesn't regret giving his OS away
for free."  -  Flathead

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#240490

On 04/25/2014 07:38 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for Google to start putting in
>> fiber here. But as part of their "don't be evil" schtick, they started
>> putting it in and near the hood first.
>
> Well, it makes some sense to start in the most densely populated
> areas...
>
>> They're finally near my area, and
>> should start in my neighborhood soon.
>
> You're lucky.  I don't expect fiber anywhere near my home, in my
> lifetime...

Buy some bran.  It's loaded with fiber.

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#240597

On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:38:20 -0500, chrisv wrote:

> Sinister Midget wrote:
> 
>>I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for Google to start putting in
>>fiber here. But as part of their "don't be evil" schtick, they started
>>putting it in and near the hood first.
> 
> Well, it makes some sense to start in the most densely populated
> areas...

Most of the area where they started is blighted, meaning little or no 
business and a lot of vacant property, drug houses, etc. It might make 
some sense if they offered it free to the people living there. Provided 
they also offered free equipment to use it.

The people there can get a modem for $300 at $25/month. Then the service 
is free for 3 years. But it's $120 a month if they want TV added on. More 
expensive than lower-end cable, although they'd get a lot more from the 
fiber link. Still, I don't think there has been a groundswell to sign up 
in the area.

It's not a total loss, though. Google is going to provide it at no cost 
to schools. Not sure about the details, whether that will be internet-
only or also includes some TV connection for educational videos or 
whatever. However, the free connection applies across the board, 
including the wealthier places in the area.

>>They're finally near my area, and should start in my neighborhood soon.
> 
> You're lucky.  I don't expect fiber anywhere near my home, in my
> lifetime...

I get at least 10 notices a year to sign up because they're starting 
"soon" in "your area." I've signed up every time. The last one sounded 
more serious than the previous ones, so maybe this time for sure.

They're finally within a couple of miles from me. But they could still 
jut east or west and come back to where I live "later." Meaning it might 
barely be in my lifetime,

-- 
Excuse my English.  I went to US public school.

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#240092

Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:12:56 +0000, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
>
>> Sinister Midget wrote:
>> 
>>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
>> 
>> Where I live, it's either them or Frontier DSL, which is absolutely
>> horrid.
>
> I currently have Time-Warner. They aren't great, but they're a far sight 
> better than Comcast. That'll end once Comcast assimilates them.
>
> My sister-in-law (in Atlanta) has Comcast. She says she's afraid to call 
> them about anything because it always ends up with her being billed for 
> things she didn't agree to, and it takes her months to straighten it out. 
> Even longer to get the false "past due" bills fixed.
>

Sounds like a typical "advocate" bullshit lie to me. It might have
happened once to her or someone she knows and Gidget blows it all up - I
bet they use Windows and that's the problem!

Richard Rasker is still here in spirit.


-- 
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The turdv/chrisv idiot and his pretend BSEE degree.
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http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

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#240093

On 4/25/2014 10:04 AM, Hadron wrote:
> Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:12:56 +0000, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
>>
>>> Sinister Midget wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
>>>
>>> Where I live, it's either them or Frontier DSL, which is absolutely
>>> horrid.
>>
>> I currently have Time-Warner. They aren't great, but they're a far sight
>> better than Comcast. That'll end once Comcast assimilates them.
>>
>> My sister-in-law (in Atlanta) has Comcast. She says she's afraid to call
>> them about anything because it always ends up with her being billed for
>> things she didn't agree to, and it takes her months to straighten it out.
>> Even longer to get the false "past due" bills fixed.
>>
>
> Sounds like a typical "advocate" bullshit lie to me. It might have
> happened once to her or someone she knows and Gidget blows it all up - I
> bet they use Windows and that's the problem!
>
> Richard Rasker is still here in spirit.


Pretty soon every "advocate" will have his own story about an encounter 
on a train with a lovely lass and her "Windows sux!" laptop...

LOL!

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#246253

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:23:13 -0500, Soupe du Jour wrote:

> On 2014-04-25, Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-04-24, Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> claimed:
>>> Steve Carroll wrote:
>>>
>>>> They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla here
>>>> (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the consumer).
>>>> There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of this deal.
>>>
>>> Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak and 
>>> understand English well.
>>
>> We should be getting Google fiber in my neighborhood any time now. Not
>> a moment too soon.
>>
>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
>>
> 
> Comcast is certainly one of the worst, but they're all pretty bad.
> 
> This is an interesting read:
> 
> http://www.teletruth.org/docs/broadbandscandalfree.pdf

I'll bet he's a Linux user....

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#246268

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:23:13 -0500, Soupe du Jour wrote:

> On 2014-04-25, Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-04-24, Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> claimed:
>>> Steve Carroll wrote:
>>>
>>>> They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla
>>>> here (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the
>>>> consumer). There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of
>>>> this deal.
>>>
>>> Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak
>>> and understand English well.
>>
>> We should be getting Google fiber in my neighborhood any time now. Not
>> a moment too soon.
>>
>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
>>
>>
> Comcast is certainly one of the worst, but they're all pretty bad.
> 
> This is an interesting read:
> 
> http://www.teletruth.org/docs/broadbandscandalfree.pdf

Lucky me. I'm in one of the Charter areas where they decided to swap with 
Comcast -- so, when this merger goes through, I'll be part of the Comcast 
crap. Maybe I'll try U-Verse.

-- 
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.

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#246269

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:11:35 +0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:23:13 -0500, Soupe du Jour wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-04-25, Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-04-24, Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> claimed:
>>>> Steve Carroll wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla
>>>>> here (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the
>>>>> consumer). There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of
>>>>> this deal.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak
>>>> and understand English well.
>>>
>>> We should be getting Google fiber in my neighborhood any time now. Not
>>> a moment too soon.
>>>
>>> I'd use dialup before I'd use Comcast.
>>>
>>>
>> Comcast is certainly one of the worst, but they're all pretty bad.
>> 
>> This is an interesting read:
>> 
>> http://www.teletruth.org/docs/broadbandscandalfree.pdf
> 
> Lucky me. I'm in one of the Charter areas where they decided to swap with 
> Comcast -- so, when this merger goes through, I'll be part of the Comcast 
> crap. Maybe I'll try U-Verse.

Maybe you'll get lucky on one of your dumpster dives and find a 1200
baud modem.
It will be a perfect match for the other stuff you save from the
trash man.
 

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#240063

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:46:35 PM UTC, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
> Steve Carroll wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > They're buying TW Cable so Comcast is actually the 800 lb. gorilla here
> 
> > (as one of their customers, IMO, this isn't a win for the consumer).
> 
> > There are, potentially, some very far-reaching aspects of this deal.
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah, Comcast may have to hire a second support person who can speak and 
> 
> understand English well.

They have been good to me. They killed usenet support and  Michael Glasser Prescott Computer Guy of http://prescottcomputerguy.com said it was because of me.

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