[MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Bill Rising
Hi All, I just got a wonder of marketing logic from TWC, claiming that they were rewarding me for being loyal while raising my bill by 14%. [1] I'm trying to line everything up to threaten a switch to ATT Uverse, so I'm trying to construct a similar bundle. [2] One thing that confuses me on

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread John Robinson
Bill, As I have said for years there simply is no worse company in America than ATT, yet I still have to use them. I simply can’t believe how horrible this company is. At my office I had Insight cable and TV. Along came a change for the office phone system so I had to call ATT and make

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Richard D. Meadows
Bill John, I feel both of your pains. I HATE TWC. They consistently rate in the top ten worst customer service companies in the US year after year. I despise ATT as well. Mostly for the same reasons you mentioned John. Having said those two items. I had TWC install Cable Internet in the

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Nelsn Helm
Uverse does have a unique modem with a sealed lead-acid battery inside, presumably as an uninterruptible power source. _ Nelsn Helm 4112 Massie Av 3 Louisville, KY 40207-2179 ___ MacGroup mailing list

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Bill, I got uverse several months ago. I do not get cable from them, just internet and phone. The “modem” was provided by them for $100 but they promised a $100 gift card after a month’s service. They didn’t send the gift card unasked, my wife had to badger them for it. Two or three times the

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Jonathan Fletcher
Mac-nificent Ones, I, like John, have both TimeWarner and UVerse. I have a router that aggregates them both for (presumably) more speed and reliability. And pretty much that is what I get. They both have made mistakes with my orders, but patiently and firmly I kept after them and finally I

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Meadows
This a very interesting topic due to the fact that, I have been thinking about switching from TWC to ATT. It's good to see everyone's 2 cents worth. My bill started out in the low 100's now is in the high 130's and nothing has ever been changed. We have been with Insight/TWC for years, I think

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Bill Rising
On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:43 , Nelsn Helm helmk...@clockwinders.net wrote: Uverse does have a unique modem with a sealed lead-acid battery inside, presumably as an uninterruptible power source. Thanks. I looked up whether I could use my own modem. Sadly, ATT will only lease the modem (for far

Re: [MacGroup] uverse vs. twc

2013-12-05 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
My only other comment is we can thank our city fathers for the current predicament. Way back when, if they had said “no we will not give a single cable company a monopoly” and instead let more companies in things might be different. Then we can also thank the powers that be for allowing the