Speeds, Modems and Wi-Fi

Recently I moved into a flat in Los Angeles where I be, well, for a while. The network is supplied by Time Warner Cable, a company that has reportedly some of the worst customer service in the industry. Hopefully their acquisition by Charter will change that.  Here are three examples. The landlord upgraded to the … Read more

Cablevision Raises Broadband Rates by Five Dollars

Cablevision rushes to install hanging wires (Photo credit: Anthony Quintano) I have friends who love Cablevision's Optimum Online who live the in the Metro New York City area and were not Fios friendly or simply didn't want to cut their copper connection to Verizon's landline network. Well for them, access to the Internet is going … Read more

Cable Companies Push The Limits of Television, Again

Image via Wikipedia A few days ago, Ken Rutkowski, with whom I co-host the World Technology Roundup on KenRadio.com, called me on Skype to tell me that his cable company, Time Warner, had a new iPad app, and that he could watch TV on it. Today, the Wall Street Journal points out that the television … Read more