| FTBL What's up with ESPN blackout on Spectrum?

[24and7]

Spectrum has bent their customers over and go in with no lube. Trying to cancel the TV part (I still need them for Internet) and I get an automated message informing that that aren't taking calls right now. Holy. Shit.

May have to go to Roku

 

[RTB Twitter Bot]

 

[Justneedme81]

Date/Time	Event	Missing Channel	Potential Ways to watch
Sep. 7 8:20 p.m. EDT	Detroit at Kansas City	NBC	Peacock
Sep. 9 10:30 p.m. EDT 12:00 p.m. EDT 12:00 p.m. EDT 3:30 p.m. EDT 3:30 p.m. EDT 3:30 p.m. EDT 6:30 p.m. EDT 7:00 p.m. EDT 7:30 p.m. EDT 7:30 p.m. EDT 7:30 p.m. EDT	Stanford at 6USC Notre Dame at NC State Nebraska at Colorado Texas A&M at Miami (FL) UNLV at 2Michigan Iowa at Iowa State Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Oregon at Texas Tech Wisconsin at Washington State UCLA at San Diego State Charlotte at Maryland	FOX ABC FOX ABC CBS FOX The CW FOX ABC CBS NBC	OTA ESPN3 OTA ESPN3 Paramount+ OTA CWTV.com OTA ESPN3 Paramount+ Peacock
Sep. 10 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 1:00 p.m. EDT 4:25 p.m. EDT 4:25 p.m. EDT 4:25 p.m. EDT 4:25 p.m. EDT 4:25 p.m. EDT 8:20 p.m. EDT	Houston at Baltimore Cincinnati at Cleveland Tampa Bay at Minnesota Tennessee at New Orleans Carolina at Atlanta Jacksonville at Indianapolis San Francisco at Pittsburgh Arizona at Washington Philadelphia at New England Las Vegas at Denver Miami at LA Chargers Green Bay at Chicago LA Rams at Seattle Dallas at NY Giants	CBS CBS CBS CBS FOX FOX FOX FOX CBS CBS CBS FOX FOX NBC	Paramount+ Paramount+ Paramount+ Paramount+ OTA OTA OTA OTA Paramount+ Paramount+ Paramount+ OTA OTA Peacock
Sep. 11 8:15 p.m. EDT	Buffalo at NY Jets	ABC	ESPN3

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Supposedly, the thought among those in the industry is that Charter doesn't give 2 shits if customers cancel their cable service, as long as they keep their Internet services. That is where they are focused going forward as a company.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Supposedly, the thought among those in the industry is that Charter doesn't give 2 shits if customers cancel their cable service, as long as they keep their Internet services. That is where they are focused going forward as a company.

They’re going to find themselves in trouble with that thinking, there’s so many options for internet nowadays even in a state like Wyoming. I live 45 miles away from the nearest “city” and have really quick internet

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

They’re going to find themselves in trouble with that thinking, there’s so many options for internet nowadays even in a state like Wyoming. I live 45 miles away from the nearest “city” and have really quick internet

That's kinda what I was thinking. I've never had their cable or internet, but lots of folks in my neighborhood did (not too long ago it was the only option for fiber service) and most seem to have jumped ship to ATT as soon as they were able.

 

[ElephantStomp]

That's kinda what I was thinking. I've never had their cable or internet, but lots of folks in my neighborhood did (not too long ago it was the only option for fiber service) and most seem to have jumped ship to ATT as soon as they were able.

In the closest city to me Charter used to be the only game in town and now they’ve had to move into a strip mall. Most people have switched to ATT or Spectrum. I’ve been using Starlink for a year

 

[BamaFan334]

In the closest city to me Charter used to be the only game in town and now they’ve had to move into a strip mall. Most people have switched to ATT or Spectrum. I’ve been using Starlink for a year

Isn't it fully subscribed, Starlink? I'd love to cut all ties with Spectrum.

 

[Secondand26]

In the closest city to me Charter used to be the only game in town and now they’ve had to move into a strip mall. Most people have switched to ATT or Spectrum. I’ve been using Starlink for a year

I know that we've discussed this before but Starlink just keeps getting better & better. I have no other options at this point but Starlink or Spectrum
(Spectrum outages last days according to my neighbors). My Starlink is rock solid. I have zero complaints!

 

[BamaFan334]

I know that we've discussed this before but Starlink just keeps getting better & better. I have no other options at this point but Starlink or Spectrum
(Spectrum outages last days according to my neighbors). My Starlink is rock solid. I have zero complaints!

Yes, had AT&T for years with very very few issues. Been with Spectrum less than five months and have already had four outages, non-weather related, and then they lose Disney. the last outage was two days ago. Love driving by the guys working on the box at the road sitting there on their trucks laughing and having a good time while it's down.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I know that we've discussed this before but Starlink just keeps getting better & better. I have no other options at this point but Starlink or Spectrum
(Spectrum outages last days according to my neighbors). My Starlink is rock solid. I have zero complaints!

I was hesitant when I got Starlink, but wanted to try it and I’ve been surprisingly happy about it. Don’t see myself going with anything else again

 

[Rsedge72]

Supposedly, the thought among those in the industry is that Charter doesn't give 2 shits if customers cancel their cable service, as long as they keep their Internet services. That is where they are focused going forward as a company.

Yes, most if not all comms companies are focusing on the internet services. I deal with several “big boys” in the industry and all have focused on strictly internet service.

 

[Rsedge72]

I was hesitant when I got Starlink, but wanted to try it and I’ve been surprisingly happy about it. Don’t see myself going with anything else again

Yeah my son was with starlink, he didn’t have much luck with it. Several others in his area had problems as well. Don’t know if it was just that area or what. Ive talked to a few other people that are pleased with it for personal use, not so much for commercial/business use.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Yeah my son was with starlink, he didn’t have much luck with it. Several others in his area had problems as well. Don’t know if it was just that area or what. Ive talked to a few other people that are pleased with it for personal use, not so much for commercial/business use.

I can’t say much for a commercial/business, but personal wise (with me) it’s been great, my son online games and my daughter and I stream stuff and we haven’t had an issue.

I’ve spoken to two people that didn’t have much luck with it too

 

[MunchyOs]

Spectrum is.....are you ready for this....URGING it's own customers to switch to Hulu Live. Sending your own customers elsewhere? Granted, I'm no Wharton School of Business grad or anything close to that....but....that shit ain't a good business model. Maybe Spectrum is in a death spiral and is basically saying "fuck it"

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Oh. The days of having kids turn the anntenna....

 

[MunchyOs]

Supposedly, the thought among those in the industry is that Charter doesn't give 2 shits if customers cancel their cable service, as long as they keep their Internet services. That is where they are focused going forward as a company.

I am in the process of cancelling with them. I just got sling. They even asked me which one I went with and I told them sling and they replied "nice!". The cat's out of the bag now. They are WANTING cancellations and are even wanting to assist customers with where to go as for their next provider. I gotta admit, this is surreal.