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The FCC has recently approved Charter Communication's acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Since I live in Austin, TWC is, or was, the big dog in cable TV. I want to know what to expect from Charter's programming and services. I already know that I'll get the same channels I already watch (unless I'm mistaken, and there's a dispute going on I don't know about). How is the Spectrum app? What channels can I expect to get in HD/SD? I'd like to be prepared for the changes that will come.
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May 23, 2016 05:31
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I don't have anything to add, other than to note that I would be in the same boat as you if I lived in a different part of Columbus. Are you fortunate enough that there are other providers in your area? AT&T is rolling out new fiber (Gigapower) in a bunch of new cities this year. Assuming that there is other competition it should be fine.
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May 25, 2016 14:53
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I don't live in a location that U-verse supplies.
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May 25, 2016 17:37
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Prepare to get tons of advertising disguised as IMPORTANT MESSAGE in security envelopes if you don't have all their services, OP.
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May 25, 2016 18:10
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I live at an Air Force base with Charter, and it loving owns. No data caps, 120Mb speeds, and Charter spectrum is pretty awesome. 20+ Channels with HBO go for only an extra $20 for the package. Best ISP I've had so far. Edit: Don't have cable, just internet I guess.
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May 26, 2016 02:03
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Charter apparently has cleaned up its act quite a bit since 5 years ago everyone I knew in the St. Louis MO area loving hated it. I'm sure a lot of it was competition but good for them I suppose.
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May 26, 2016 05:17
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I moved a few months ago and had no decent options other that Charter. It's been great so far and they are just increasing the monthly cap from 300GB to 1TB.
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May 26, 2016 06:00
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Charter has garbage customer service and charges a bit too much. And I get about 3 "IMPORTANT INFORMATION INSIDE" letter a month informing me that for an extra $15 per month I could have cable and a lan phone. But they are also the most constant and fastest internet in my area. As long as I can watch hd netflix while playing online games and my wife is on Facebook without slow down I'm pretty happy with the service.
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May 26, 2016 16:27
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slap me silly posted:I moved a few months ago and had no decent options other that Charter. It's been great so far and they are just increasing the monthly cap from 300GB to 1TB. I wasn't even aware that Charter had a data cap. I use a lot of monthly bandwidth and I've experienced 0 slowdowns/calls/extra charges. I can't speak for the tv/phone portions of Charter, but Charter internet has been amazing compared to my previous experiences with Comcast/AT&T. In the past 20 months I've experienced 0 slow downs, 0 down time, and I get the service I was offered. I'm pretty happy.
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May 27, 2016 22:07
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I've had a great experience with Charter, though I do setup my account as a business account which gets you instant customer support and there is no price difference at all.
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May 29, 2016 21:44
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carry on then posted:Prepare to get tons of advertising disguised as IMPORTANT MESSAGE in security envelopes if you don't have all their services, OP.
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Jun 2, 2016 21:46
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keykey posted:I wasn't even aware that Charter had a data cap. I use a lot of monthly bandwidth and I've experienced 0 slowdowns/calls/extra charges. I can't speak for the tv/phone portions of Charter, but Charter internet has been amazing compared to my previous experiences with Comcast/AT&T. In the past 20 months I've experienced 0 slow downs, 0 down time, and I get the service I was offered. I'm pretty happy. I don't believe data caps are rolled everywhere... yet.. I am fairly certain comcast has data caps in like north carolina or something from what I recall reading, so likely other providers are testing the waters in a few markets to see what will happen. I have nothing else of value to add.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:00
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I used to work for Charter then quit to travel the world. Sometimes the work is done by people who give a poo poo, sometimes by contractors. Sometimes you get a time slot on Friday and we all want to go home.
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Jun 11, 2016 21:02
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I had to get Charter when I moved to Georgia last year. I'm not really impressed. I've straight up lost my connection on a weekly basis which is loving annoying and I do get those drat envelopes with all the offers since I only pay for internet. Also I get random phone calls a lot. I always look up the number on google and it always say it's Charter calling to convince me to pay for cable and a line. I had Comcast before and I hate to say I preferred them more.
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Jun 21, 2016 03:00
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While all this talk about their internet services is interesting, I made this thread to be about their cable TV service. For example, if I have the Gold package, would I automatically get all the premium channels (HBO, Showtime), or are those separate orders? Charter's website doesn't make this completely clear.
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Jun 21, 2016 03:40
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CaptainYesterday posted:While all this talk about their internet services is interesting, I made this thread to be about their cable TV service. For example, if I have the Gold package, would I automatically get all the premium channels (HBO, Showtime), or are those separate orders? Charter's website doesn't make this completely clear. Silver includes a few of the most popular premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.) Gold adds a bunch of sports channels, plus more premium channels like Starz.
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Jun 21, 2016 05:08
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biznatchio posted:Silver includes a few of the most popular premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.) Ah, that's what I thought. See, the main reason I haven't cut the cord is because of sports. As long as NFL RedZone is tied to cable, I'm going to foot the bill - everything else is just gravy.
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Jun 21, 2016 05:23
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UPDATE: I now get NHL Network, so I'd say my cable TV experience has improved.
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Sep 20, 2016 16:40
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