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For now, my internet cable is strung up on poles and works just fine :=)[/quote]
Yeah, cox and time warner have been promising double the speed for free for more than 2 years now, but why should they if they have a captive audience?
In my area TWC went all digital TV, but so far no internet improvement. In the past slow internet for browsing was fine. We now need faster for steaming.
I think companies should be able to have variable pricing based on distance and distribution costs. More in line with real economics.[/quote]I got a letter from Cox last December that they were going all digital in the 3rd week of Feb (next week) in my area. It offered me one tiny 4″ box for free for one year for a secondary, older CRT TV in my home (there are still a lot of these around here due to a high senior-citizen population.) Instead, I just returned my advanced cable box to them over a month ago and no longer get hi-def svc. I suspect that after next week, I won’t get any channels at all. Cox will no longer pay a worker to climb up and down poles to turn on/off service or channels in individual houses. Everything will now be controlled by a box owned by Cox and that’s the way they like it :=0
I could care less. I have found that I can just wait 8 days (1 week and 1 day after the original broadcast) to watch my fav documentaries (20/20 or 60 mins) online on their respective network’s websites. I like this method better because I don’t have to watch the segments I’m not interested in OR the commercials, since both shows typically have 2-3 segments in their one-hour time slot. I won’t be signing back up for TV service because I don’t watch TV and my youngest kid (who was a heavy DVR user) is gone.
I’m happy with the “Preferred” speed of cable internet service.
