schmuckingham Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 We are moving near Gahanna to the new house and we are going to needs interwebs for my CR/ Xbox360 addiction. I have heard SBC sucks and I KNOW Time Warner blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supldys Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 I had SBC bu its now att through yahoo...its a mouthful but i like it. I have the cheap dsl and I get decent speeds, plus its a hell of a lot cheaper than time warner and doesnt go out every other week like RR. In fact the only time Ive ever been without service was in the fall when everyone's power went out...and it actually still worked with the laptop then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW if you can get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Just got rid of ATT/SBC/Ameritech/SBC/ATT/The new ATT/ATT Yahoo! DSL service, after 10 years. Went to WoW Internet/Cable/Phone, couldn't be happier. My DSL service would randomly crap out sometimes, and it wasn't because of the wiring in my house. On top of that, even their fastest tier is slower than dog shit. I <3 WoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 2 votes for WOW ( what the fuck does it stand for?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Wide Open West http://www.wowway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 wide open west... and i have the highest wow internet and i love it. never had one problem yet, except when the tech came to upgrade it he couldnt get it working lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 I haven't had wow so no comment. My friend has at&t uverse and says he gets very fast speeds but he doesn't have cable tv with them. I had time warner turbo in my last house off high street. Shit was faster then uverse and I didn't have an outage for over 1.5 years I lived there. I am not counting power outages. Cable tv was fine no issues at all. I have insight road runner and I had some issues a year ago. They needed to install new wires from my house to the pole but they didn't know that first off. They came out like 5 times while the cable modem was working randomly. Cable tv was not working right either. I bitched enough and they gave me new wire, no bill when service was random, and I got a direct number to one of the managers. Everytime afterwards I had a problem I called him and at 9am someone was outside my house looking at my line. When it works I have no issues. It is fast for downloads but RR turbo is better. HD tv is great but the DVR box is slow. Sometimes lag is 10-20 seconds between button pressing. I had time warner cable in gahanna when I live there. It went down once that I know of for more then 3 years. The power went out more in gahanna then anything else. It was faster then insight I have right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW - 15 megs down / 2 megs up, and GOOD ping times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW = pissing me off since two weeks ago. I'm looking into an alternative because their customer service blows, their supervisors are morons, and their billing department fails consistently to remove their heads from their respective asses. Two weeks of hell completely wiped out their five years of good service. Fuck them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 I'm looking into Uverse right now, I have heard a lot of good stuff about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaewsky1 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW = pissing me off since two weeks ago. I'm looking into an alternative because their customer service blows, their supervisors are morons, and their billing department fails consistently to remove their heads from their respective asses. Two weeks of hell completely wiped out their five years of good service. Fuck them. I've got WOW too and think their company has some of the best customer service I have dealt with. I've actually had reps give me credits for no reason even if I call in to add HD service. (I've been in customer service/sales for the past 15 yrs). Suprised you had such a hard time with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 how is WOW's DVR software? We have Insight and their DVR box always locks up. Looking to possibly switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supplicium Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Insight has sick connections in gahanna / new albany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 how is WOW's DVR software? We have Insight and their DVR box always locks up. Looking to possibly switch. WOW uses different, much faster, software, but they still use SA boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 TW here. It is what it is, dude. Just keep calling in complaints and getting credits. It was months before I paid a full bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Uverse if available. Im on the 10Mb service now, and may be upgrading to the 18Mb. Consistently seeing over 97% of the advertised speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 My friend has at&t uverse and says he gets very fast speeds but he doesn't have cable tv with them. FYI for anyone thinking about UVerse and will get HD, they compress the fuck out of their HD channels. Everyone does but they are the worst offenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW uses different, much faster, software, but they still use SA boxes. We have WOW DVR. Hard drive is relatively small. We run into storage issues pretty often. We record a moderate amount, but 1/2 of it's in HD which is 1/2 of the 'problem'. I really need to figure out whether this box is one you can do an external hard drive with. Have any idea about that? The interface isn't nice looking, but it works. Never had a problem with it. We have the 8MB down, whatever up. We do lots of streaming and get good speeds. Usually get full resolution on the 360 using Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 We have WOW DVR. Hard drive is relatively small. We run into storage issues pretty often. We record a moderate amount, but 1/2 of it's in HD which is 1/2 of the 'problem'. I really need to figure out whether this box is one you can do an external hard drive with. Have any idea about that? The interface isn't nice looking, but it works. Never had a problem with it. We have the 8MB down, whatever up. We do lots of streaming and get good speeds. Usually get full resolution on the 360 using Netflix. My 8300 HD has an eSATA port on that back, and from what I remember Cisco said that it does external storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 My 8300 HD has an eSATA port on that back, and from what I remember Cisco said that it does external storage. Yup, I saw the eSATA port on the back when I was rearranging everything the other day. But from what I understand the SW (cable company specific?) still has to be able to use the external HD... not sure about that. I just looked it up and I have the same one, at least by looks. Not at home so I can't check it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 FYI for anyone thinking about UVerse and will get HD, they compress the fuck out of their HD channels. Everyone does but they are the worst offenders. I have noticed a slight degradation from my Insight HD service to the Uverse. Not so much that I really notice too much, or care. The picture is still gorgeous. When VDSL2.0 becomes the standard most profiles will be switched from 19-25Mbps profiles to around 40-50Mbps, allowing for better compression techniques and higher web speeds. Ofcourse, Im sure cable will continue its DOCSIS 3 rollout so, I say go with who ever gets you the best Mbps price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 HD tv is great but the DVR box is slow. Sometimes lag is 10-20 seconds between button pressing. OMG, I get so pissed about this. I want to switch to something else soooo bad, and only because of the damn lag on the dvr box. However, my ONLY options are DirecTV and Dish. I'm not sure it's worth the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 WOW = pissing me off since two weeks ago. I'm looking into an alternative because their customer service blows, their supervisors are morons, and their billing department fails consistently to remove their heads from their respective asses. Two weeks of hell completely wiped out their five years of good service. Fuck them. Why haven't you PM'ed me about this? how is WOW's DVR software? We have Insight and their DVR box always locks up. Looking to possibly switch. Let me know, I can hook you up with a good deal. Uverse if available. Im on the 10Mb service now, and may be upgrading to the 18Mb. Consistently seeing over 97% of the advertised speed. Or go with WOW, and get over 100% of the advertised speed..... We have WOW DVR. Hard drive is relatively small. We run into storage issues pretty often. We record a moderate amount, but 1/2 of it's in HD which is 1/2 of the 'problem'. I really need to figure out whether this box is one you can do an external hard drive with. Have any idea about that? The interface isn't nice looking, but it works. Never had a problem with it. We have the 8MB down, whatever up. We do lots of streaming and get good speeds. Usually get full resolution on the 360 using Netflix. If it is an 8300 box, you are good to go. Just add an external hard drive. I've seen several customers use this, and it works very well. If you want to bump up to the 15Mbps package (we have one with 1Mbps up like you have now, and another with 2Mbps up) just let me know. I have spent a LOT of time with both Warner's and WOW's DVR boxes, and the WOW software is much better. Quicker, easier to navigate, actually has 4x fast forwards/rewind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Because I've been on the phone with the CEO's Advocate several occasions and they seem to have an issue controlling their employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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