Samuel H
Irving,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, May 14, 2008
I know this is old but I wanted first to say sorry to Mandi as she sound like she is an area plagued with postwire issues and so many line problems. I believe I had spoke to you at least one occasion while this was going on. I remember trying to get the area addressed but that usually end with tape and bubblegum. The snow on lower channel is caused by ingress, meaning an outside signal source such as over the air tv or radio signal is getting onto the cable line and causing snow or ghosting. This can be a loose connector, bad crimp, or damaged wiring. Do to what is connected to this area node, cable theft/piracy are rampant and have degraded serviced area wide to where its almost unusable at some points. IF ANYTHING, please question your neighbors integrity.
Troy
Muncie,#3Consumer Suggestion
Mon, November 27, 2006
Obviously the company is named Time Warner now and they are responsable for fixing the problem, I is clear that Comcast has no say in what is going on there now, also you will not get a supervisor to come out to your house to fix the problem, the issue will get reported to the area super he will usually send a senior tech out to correct the problem, and as to the line needing buried the they contract that work out to a company that just buries drop lines so the tech was correct in telling you that he couldn't bury the drop on the ground. Now if you have snowy picture on your lower channels then you would have a low signal problem but if you have snowy picture on your HD, or digital channels then there is a problem with eighter your TV , the component or HDMI cables, or a problem with the box but with you having the box changed out that many times I would say that the problem would be with the TV or the cables from the DVR to the TV. It wont matter how old your TV is you cannot rule out that there might be a problem with your TV even if you just bought it yesterday. I have ran into plenty of problems with the new HDTV sets that have factory defectes, expecially with Sony and RCA, and just about all of the off brands like the ones they sell at the big superstores like Walmart etc. Please remember the digital will work or it will be out and you will never have a snowy picture on the digital channels they will picsulate (get alot of small boxes in picture on whole screen), I they have replaced the wiring and checked to make sure the signal at the DVR is good and the DVR is opperating properly then the problem would have to be with the TV set, I you continue to have a problem after Time Warner has finished checking everthing then I would call the store where you bought your TV and have them send one of their TV repair men out to test your TV.
Mandi
Lewisville,#4Author of original report
Fri, October 06, 2006
....now they want to give only a SMALL credit to account for all the time my cable wasn't working. I called to get a credit to my account since they kept telling me that as soon as the cable is fixed they will credit my account. The lady only offered me $186 for my 14 1/2 months of cable hell. I refused that amount and requested that a supervisor call me. She even gave me a confirmation number for the supervisor call that I "will receive within 24 hours". I never received that call. So, about 27 hours later I called them back and the lady I spoke with then said that there never was a supervisor note to call me back noted on my account. I swear this company never ceases to amaze me. I am now going to give the corporate office a call to see how far that will take me.
Mandi
Lewisville,#5Author of original report
Fri, September 22, 2006
The Time Warner tech JUST left here and believe it or not he DIDN'T bury the line! He said that they have a "bury crew" who buries the lines and a work order still had not been put in to have it buried. I am wondering if they also have a "get-right crew" to actually get all this mess right and make my cable work. I had to call Comcast back to put my own work order in to have the line buried. When I asked the cust. service rep why i have been told 3 times that a work order would be put in to have the line buried and all 3 times i was lied to, she actually told me that "sometimes the techs get overwelmed and forget to schedule a line burial". That made me feel so much better to be told that I was forgot about 3 times by 3 different Time Warner workers. What a way to run a nationwide business! So, now I am back to square one....yea, that's right, my cable is blacking out AGAIN! He is "supposed" to come back out tomorrow to bring a HD TV with him because he is trying to say that it is my TV with the problem. I had the same TV in my other apartment with NO problems...it all started on June 30th, 2005 the day I moved into my current apartment.