willmarguy
join:2008-07-23
Willmar, MN
| Charter to upgrade Minnesota network by $7 million
Just read news release that Charter is investing $7 million to upgrade network in Minnesota. Says it coming soon. any ideas what soon means?
»www.sctimes.com/article/20090701···013/1003 |
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BlakePaulson
join:2008-08-06
Alexandria, MN
 ·AT&T Wireless Broa..
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Nice! I'm guessing that means 20/2 service sometime soon.
Unfortunately TV was too little/too late (I have 3 DVR's and was not going to spend $60 a month on 3 DVR's that only have 160GB's of storage... I spent $16 a month on 3 HD DVR's with 500GB's of hard drive space and got one of them free, had to pay $199 ea for the other two but it's still a better deal.) Also the fact that they are trying to bring more HD channels is definitely a good sign.
If they bring 20meg service I'll grab that but even if 60meg service is available I don't think I'd go for that (too spendy.) |
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Ox3g3n
join:2003-06-29
Iron Mountain, MI | reply to willmarguy
They need to bring some money here, and bring D3 to the UP  |
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pettycash
@charter.com | reply to willmarguy
$7 million isn't really that much is the world of communication technology. It's still good news  |
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yeahian
join:2004-12-03
Venice, CA | Gotta agree. I'd also say 50% of that as well will be mismanaged by Charter. And more importantly what will 7million get them? |
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trish2
join:2008-03-24
Laurens, SC | reply to willmarguy
Is Charter ever going to add channels (SD or HD), upgrade their boxes to mpeg-4, or upgrade their network to Docsis 3.0? They haven't upgraded a thing here in Upstate South Carolina. |
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BlakePaulson
join:2008-08-06
Alexandria, MN
·AT&T Wireless Broa..
·Charter Pipeline
| said by trish2  :Is Charter ever going to add channels (SD or HD), upgrade their boxes to mpeg-4, or upgrade their network to Docsis 3.0? They haven't upgraded a thing here in Upstate South Carolina. I believe mpeg-4 is a long ways off... that would mean new headends, new boxes and a lot of money.
I think docsis 3 will get rolled out long before mpeg-4.
Prior to getting rid of my TV service from charter they were adding more HD... but once I got my own home and could get DirecTV it was bye bye charter for TV. Love DirecTV so far. |
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dsl14350
join:2005-06-16
Holland, MI | reply to willmarguy
»www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager···a=406126 |
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BlakePaulson
join:2008-08-06
Alexandria, MN | reply to willmarguy
Well say hello to 20meg internet service finally... hopefully when they raise the speed the service level doesn't go down... I get rock solid 10/1 any time of the day and it hardly ever goes down. |
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pico64
join:2009-01-15
Alexandria, MN | I'm getting 20/2 now in Alex and I'm constantly downloading between 19 & 20. It's great, 8 Gig an hour. |
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BlakePaulson
join:2008-08-06
Alexandria, MN
·AT&T Wireless Broa..
·Charter Pipeline
| said by pico64 :I'm getting 20/2 now in Alex and I'm constantly downloading between 19 & 20. It's great, 8 Gig an hour. Do you have to ask for it? I just recently locked into a price guarantee for 2 years and when I asked them if they had 20meg service they told me it wasn't available (this just being in June.)
I don't really care as 10meg service does the job (with 3 directv dvr's downloading content I can still stream HD just fine.)
Also how much do you pay and about where in Alex are you located? I'm over by tastefully simple... |
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pico64
join:2009-01-15
Alexandria, MN | I am actually on the 16 Meg Tier plan, but I was told it really is the 20 Meg plan in Alexandria. Apparently not all of MN is ready for 20/2. I pay 72.99 for the plan and I live in your area by tastefully simple - about 1.5 miles away. |
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