# Viacom to take 19 channels from TWC **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 30, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542 "2008-12-30T21:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![97Ranger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97ranger/32/7342_2.png) [@97Ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/81 "2008-12-31T21:51:32Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/viacom\_time\_warner\_cable](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/viacom_time_warner_cable) ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/82 "2008-12-31T22:41:58Z")
> [@97Ranger](#): > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/viacom\_time\_warner\_cable](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/viacom_time_warner_cable) Cool ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/83 "2009-01-01T06:16:02Z")
I called that shit on page 3 while everybody was being retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/84 "2009-01-01T06:29:40Z")
watch the bill go up again like it did over channel 4. except channel 4 was fucking useless completely. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/85 "2009-01-01T07:46:32Z")
i still might switch to dish. they are cheaper, have better channels, and i can have a dvr that i can rely on, tw’s was a joke and never lasted the whole show. ---
**Author:** ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/86 "2009-01-01T12:32:25Z")
I hear the thing about no Sabres in HD on Dish everyday. It’ll happen, we just don’t know when. It’ll just be on one day. That’s how Dish usually does it. No announcements or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/87 "2009-01-01T12:41:37Z")
Why aren’t you guys sharing a satellite service yet? ---
**Author:** ![Wookie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wookie/32/5153_2.png) [@Wookie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wookie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/88 "2009-01-01T13:32:42Z")
Can’t wait till one of these companies pulls this shit with Verizon or Directv. The amount of hate for a cable company that is trying to keep cost down for the customer is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/89 "2009-01-01T15:27:36Z")
> [@Wookie](#): > > Can’t wait till one of these companies pulls this shit with Verizon or Directv. The amount of hate for a cable company that is trying to keep cost down for the customer is incredible. The dish providers manage to keep the cost down for the customer AND get all the channels. ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/90 "2009-01-01T15:33:08Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > The dish providers manage to keep the cost down for the customer AND get all the channels. For now. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/91 "2009-01-01T16:02:52Z")
> [@Wookie](#): > > Can’t wait till one of these companies pulls this shit with Verizon or Directv. The amount of hate for a cable company that is trying to keep cost down for the customer is incredible. I didn’t leave TW because of cost. I left it because of pathetic service uptime, horrible HORRIBLE settop boxes, piss poor cust svc resolution times, and a shit channel selection _for_ the price. I’ve since found that both Dish & Fios TV are FAR and away better alternatives and absolutely refuse to give TWC a penny so long as either of these two are available to me. fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/92 "2009-01-01T16:12:58Z")
I just bought a new TV and was looking into getting digital cable from TWC because that is the only option here in my apartment complex. I looked into FIOS and it isnt available here… With 19 channels gone they can fuck themselves… $65 a month is too much for the Discovery Channel and Travel… I can get all the other channels with bunny ears and DL the rest of the shows I want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/93 "2009-01-01T17:53:29Z")
They reached a deal. Chill. ---
**Author:** ![Wookie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wookie/32/5153_2.png) [@Wookie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wookie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/94 "2009-01-01T19:24:31Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > The dish providers manage to keep the cost down for the customer AND get all the channels. Yeah, and so does TW. They’ve only lost channel 4, and when they did they did everything possible to make sure that their customers could still get it. And their customer service \> all. Verizon sucks, Directv sucks and all their techs are contractors, and you’re lucky to get someone to your house within a week of having trouble. And then they want you to pay for it. It also took me an hour to get to a person when I called Verizon the other day, but every time I call TW someone picks up the phone and I’m on the phone for less than 5 minutes. And if something breaks or doesn’t work, there’s someone out to my house within 24 hours to fix it, for free. That is if they can’t fix it from the call center, which they usually can. And for internet and TV with two HD DVR boxes, Showtime, HBO, a couple of tiers, and about 45 HD channels the bill is ~100 bucks. So stfu. ---
**Author:** ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/95 "2009-01-01T19:26:57Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > Why aren’t you guys sharing a satellite service yet? I don’t know if this was directed at Dish, but I’m sure its only a matter of time before Dish buys out DTV. They already bought XM. It’ll be going back to their roots. They originally started as one company. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/96 "2009-01-01T20:06:20Z")
You can share all of the satellite services. Basically you pay someone… anyone in the eastern part of the country… to “chip in” for their channels, and then you give them the number on your box. You aim your satellite to space. You get all of the channels someone a thousand miles away gets. Don’t plug in your phone line. ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/97 "2009-01-01T20:12:09Z")
> [@chino](#): > > lol you should be switching regardless, TW’s dvr is so fucking terrible i can’t believe they have not updated it. FIOS is better AND cheaper, it’s kind of a no brainer. Time Warner does have newer in house designed DVR Software called “[TW Navigator](http://www.timewarnercable.com/nebraska/products/cable/mdn/mdn_intro.html)” it is far from feature complete but a big step in the right direction for them away from SA’s provided SARA interface. It should start rolling out to subs in Buffalo area sometime 2009. Start-over is feature subset of that full package TW has there own custom app server to run it on top of SARA. The Scientific Atlanta DVR’s are quite great for hardware standpoint but there software is ass. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/98 "2009-01-01T22:18:40Z")
> [@Wookie](#): > > Yeah, and so does TW. They’ve only lost channel 4, and when they did they did everything possible to make sure that their customers could still get it. > > And their customer service \> all. Verizon sucks, Directv sucks and all their techs are contractors, and you’re lucky to get someone to your house within a week of having trouble. And then they want you to pay for it. It also took me an hour to get to a person when I called Verizon the other day, but every time I call TW someone picks up the phone and I’m on the phone for less than 5 minutes. And if something breaks or doesn’t work, there’s someone out to my house within 24 hours to fix it, for free. That is if they can’t fix it from the call center, which they usually can. And for internet and TV with two HD DVR boxes, Showtime, HBO, a couple of tiers, and about 45 HD channels the bill is ~100 bucks. > > So stfu. Oh really? So can I come over and watch NFL network? 3 years later after they dropped it? ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/99 "2009-01-02T06:37:49Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > :bloated: :bloated: :bloated: srsly? > [http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/detail.aspx?pack=DDA](http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/detail.aspx?pack=DDA) Factor in $11 a month for another 2-room DVR receiver and $10 a month each for HBO and Showtime after the first 3 months and you’re at $81. Figure $40 for internet and it puts you at $121. If you can find a package from time warner that gets you that many channels, with HBO cinemax and showtime, with DVR service in 4 rooms, for $120, i’ll eat my sweater. Not to mention the fact that TW’s HD looks like shit and their boxes suck more cock than briana banks. I missed this before… I pay $110 after taxes and without any deals for: road runner hi-def dvr all the normal hi def channels HBO I would probably leave if I could get a similar package minus internet for $70 after taxes. I’ve played with all the configurations and have not been able to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542/100 "2009-01-02T07:36:51Z")
i have SD digital, one package up in the digital to get military/speed/G4 and internet from time warner and it’s $108 w/tax a month… sucks. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-to-take-19-channels-from-twc/60542.md?page=6)