tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post5480701573211404745..comments2023-10-18T04:07:14.699-05:00Comments on Avaciously Yours: I can always tell when I'm about to lose my temper big time.Abshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04252591191993842032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post-20406901978347660182009-01-28T11:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:13:00.000-05:00I did end up writing to the Mid-Ohio TW people. T...I did end up writing to the Mid-Ohio TW people. They wrote me back repeating ad nauseum that TW was trying to reduce duplicate programming, but utterly failed to indicate in what way CBET represented duplicate programming. So I wrote them back and asked. No response yet. They also said they'd notified local officials before it happened. Like that helps.<BR/>The trouble with those scrolling messages, I heard, was that those possible drops only affected some markets; thus, way more people got freaked about it than needed to. It was a dirty tactic on Viacom's (or whomever's) part. <BR/>We do have a few other options here, I think. Probably more expensive, though. Sigh.Abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252591191993842032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931766.post-46905566884277130242009-01-25T22:59:00.000-05:002009-01-25T22:59:00.000-05:00I suspect Time Warner is running into financial pr...I suspect Time Warner is running into financial problems because of competition from U-Verse and satellite, and the fact that a lot of people dropped them when they didn't quickly work out contracts with the Big 10 Network, NFL Network, and Fox. In early January I saw notices scrolling across the bottom of our screen that customers of Time Warner and Bright Home Network were due to lose channels like Spike, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central in a couple of days, but that they could call certain 800 numbers and complain. The channels wanted their viewers to pressure the cable companies to give in, I'm sure. I'm so glad we have U-Verse.<BR/><BR/>Here's a guy blogging about Ohio TW and the CBC:<BR/>http://www.dougberger.net/archive/2008/12/cbc-windsor-to-be-removed-from-findlay-time-warner-lineup-in-january.html/comment-page-1<BR/><BR/>Good luck. :-( I know it's frustrating. Fortunately, I think cable companies' municipal monopolies are on their last legs. There are competitive alternative technologies now, and certain laws (in WI at least) are being passed saying that *any* cable company can provide programming to a municipality as long as they have a franchise agreement with the state. Of course the town govts don't like the idea -- fewer back-rubbing fees to collect. And the cable companies don't like it -- competition.<BR/><BR/>You mght try looking up your local Time Warner provider on toledo.bbb.org and filing a complaint. If they want to stay accredited with a good grade, TW must respond. I see a couple dozen Time Warners in Ohio, but am not sure which is yours.<BR/><BR/>-SECPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com