I used to have TWC cable/internet. After seeing ad after ad that TWC offers ESPN3, I cut the cable cord, and just kept the internet. Had some friends over for the weekend, and ESPN3 wasn't working. I found that out the hard way. According to them, they are the only ISP where you have to have the cable subscription to get ESPN3. So I cut their internet too and got UVerse internet. Have not regretted it one bit.
I wish enough people would cut the cable cord so more TV options would become available online. I realize that on a per/channel basis, things would be more expensive, but I would rather pay $15/month for full ESPN streaming access than $100/mo for a full cable bill. Sorry, $1200/year can be spent in better ways.
/End rant
Rant away. That ad you are talking about was
extremely deceptive. After I saw it the first time, I thought maybe TWC had changed their policy, so I went to the PC to check it out, but it was the same old story.
I've even asked if I could get and ESPN add-on for my Internet, but no dice.
Did UVerse bring new wiring infrastructure to your house? The UVerse neighborhood fiber-to-copper distribution site is a couple of blocks from my house, but from what I could learn from the sales people who have come by, they would run it to my house from the distribution point over the existing copper that is already running through the neighborhood. The small distribution box for me and my neighbors is in my back yard in a low spot. It floods everytime it rains, and would take out our phone service (which we cancelled because AT&T would never fix it properly). The next time an AT&T tech comes into the neighborhood, I'll have to ask how the distribution to the houses really occurs. Also I really dread changing my email address for all my banking/shopping/utility accounts, which I would have to do if I dropped TWC.
I so wish Arlington would have chosen FIOS over UVerse...
