[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There's a distressing article in today's Strib regarding consolidation > in the cable industry resulting in Comcast taking over Time Warner's > franchise in Minneapolis > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5362049.html >
I too saw this article and was equally distressed. I know very little about the city's differences of opinion with Time Warner, but what I do know is that the service is better and cheaper than Comcast. I have had Road Runner cable internet through Time Warner for a year and a half, and I don't remember one long-duration outage. This is important to me, because I have VoIP phone service through Vonage, and thus any interruption in internet access is an interruption in phone service as well (to be sure, I am very happy with Vonage and that I was able to finally say "good riddance" to that company with the worse customer service imaginable, Qwest). Time Warner has steadily increased the speed of my connection without increasing the price. Most importantly, they do not charge more for cable internet if you don't have cable TV. I don't watch TV and thus I have no desire to throw $500 a year at the idiot box for more channels, so it is nice that I am not "encouraged" by Time Warner to get cable TV by charging more for standalone cable internet. I will not be thrilled if this goes through. -- Nathan Hunstad Minneapolis, MN PGP DH/DSS public key -- http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower/nhpubkey.txt ________________________________________________ Do you Gonzo?! http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
