[DARARepeater] Time Warner Cable changes

[Tigerwolf]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2016, George wrote:

> Time Warner to deliver all-digital TV lineup in Dayton area
>
> hopefully this will improve B-road

1. It's Time Warner saying this.

2. The increased *Intenet* speeds mentioned for Cincinnati were not
    mentioned for Dayton.   Telcos and Cable companies have LONG touted
    such improvements which turn out to be for very tiny areas even inside
    big cities, and totally ignore the vast majority of the population
    which is ignored.

3. The improvements are mainly touted to be TV and home Internet users.
    As you've seen, home speeds and capabities aren't shared with the
    Business Killer tiers where pricing is pulled from a different hat.
    B-Road is supposedly 'Business Class', so I'd not hold my breath.

4. Time Warner has, in writing, touted to the FCC and quoted in the 2014 
Measuring Broadband America report:

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/measuring-broadband-america/measuring-broadband-america-2014#Desc_Tests%22


    "From time to time, Time Warner Cable, initiates free speed upgrades to
     its customers to thank them for their business. At times, these
     "customer appreciation" speed increases require the customer to upgrade
     their existing cable modem to take full advantage of the new Internet
     speed available to them."

Despite this, they chose to DOWNGRADE our 'Business Class' service from 
10down/1.5up Mbps to 10/1.0 rather than 'appreciatively' moving us to the 
existing 12/1.5 service which they *could* have done.  This was totally 
without any notice, and once discovered, they flatly REFUSED to restore 
the original speed OR provide a cost reduction for the decreased speed.

They also indicated in the Cincy article that people would have to 
'upgrade' to a new digital TV box.  While not unreasonable for technical 
reasons, it will cost more eventually.

We'll see.