Spectrum being kicked out of New York State question about ISP
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Must be Verizon hasn't updated their site lately. It would still take a major build out to cover all of the NY Spectrum territory with FIOS.
Do you live in NYS? If so, there are many other states that could meet your ideological thoughts which seem to be to the far right of the political spectrum. As I read your posts, it's pretty obvious in your rhetoric that you hate....absolutely hate.....the state, the governor and anyone that's not on the far right with you. If you live here, you really should leave if living in NYS causes THAT much anger within you. You might also want to seek help from a mental health professional and stay away from sharp objects and weapons before you cause any harm to yourself or others.
But let's talk about your "conspiracy theory". It's not rooted in any kind of business or economic related reality. Not even close. Spectrum will not just walk away from what they have here and this is not some play by NYS to take over broadband service.....if they wanted to do that, they would have done it with Adelphia Cable or even when TWC was selling. Get educated on this process and if you don't filter it through your far-right politics, you just might find what the truth is.
One thing for sure is that this will take months if not years to resolve between Spectrum and NYS.
Wish some of the posts were in the Pit forum so I could respond.. (HINT about political talk)
Sounds like it could be on the Cheektowaga or Amherst side of the Buffalo/Amherst/Cheektowaga boarder. I don't frequent that area, just going by what I see on Google Maps, but I'd be very surprised if it was actually within the city limits of Buffalo. I have friends in Orchard Park with Fios. I don't think it's anything special. My download speeds on Spectrum beat them, upload Verizon wins. Picture quality to me is on par with DirecTV, but I'd have to do an A/B comparison. I do not care for the GUI on the Verizon DVRs one bit though.
Haha sounds like I ruffeled a few feathers
Glad I was crystal clear.
Yes, unfortunately I live in NY State. I live in rural Erie County and I can see Genesee Country from my backyard and if I stand on my roof, I probably can see Wyoming County. But I get screwed by living in Erie. The only reason I am here is because of family. As I get older, and the inevitable happens and my family passes on, I have every intention of leaving this state one day. Since 2010, I’ve had roughly 6 friends, and 2 family members leave for the South and they could not be happier. I’ve also know a decent amount of people who moved out of Erie County, for the specific reason, not to be in Erie County. You make it sound like I'm alone with my feelings, when in reality I am not. Travel down to the backbone of NY, the Southern Tier and you will find a lot of people who share my same views and boy do we own a lot of weapons
I attended a Fourth of July Party with many local hero’s of WNY, Officers of West Seneca Police Department and OP PD, they share my feelings, as do many of the small businesses owners I deal with at work.And yes, I firmly believe my theory that NY’s ultimate goal is to assume or at least attempt to assume the infrastructure and collect the monthly payments on all 2 million or so customers.
Bringing up Adelphia is irrelevant. That was so long ago, before municipal broadband was a thing, and plus Adelphia was such a small player they don’t count. The vast majority of NY State has been Time Warner forever. Adelphia only served the immediate Buffalo-Niagara area, plus small pockets in the Southern Tier counties. In Eastern Erie County, we never had Adelphia. We were Time Warner of Rochester since the early 90s when TWC bought out the old Batavia based Tri-County Cable that served Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming and small sliver of Erie, and eventually merged us into the Rochester/Finger Lakes system. My regional headend is in Stafford (outside of Batavia), and meets up with the main plant on Mt Hope Ave just outside of Downtown Roc.
Did Verizon sign any agreements with the state to fully wire NYC? If the Charter expectations were unrealistic, why did Charter agree to them as a condition of getting approval for the TWC merger? Were they hoping the PSC wouldn't notice they weren't living up to them?
The decision was made by the NY State Public Service Commission. The commission consists of five appointed members confirmed by the Senate, but one seat is currently vacant. Two of the remaining seats are held by Republicans, one is held by a Democrat, and the forth member's party affiliation was undetermined in my research. They cannot be voted out by the public.
I'm pretty sure it was the Cheektowaga side. I agree, not impressed either. The fiber internet I have here in IL is real nice. 80 bucks for a GB d/l and I get this:
Haha sounds like I ruffeled a few feathers
Glad I was crystal clear.
And yes, I firmly believe my theory that NY’s ultimate goal is to assume or at least attempt to assume the infrastructure and collect the monthly payments on all 2 million or so customers.
Bringing up Adelphia is irrelevant. That was so long ago, before municipal broadband was a thing, and plus Adelphia was such a small player they don’t count.
Feathers not "ruffeled" (whatever that means). LOL!
Your theory is not based in any reality (as are most "theories" coming from the far right). There is no way NYS is going to do what you think they will do. My point about Adelphia is that if the state was going to get into the telecom business, that was the time to have done it by starting small. TWC selling off would have been the other time the state could have gotten into that business.
I haven't seen their site. But, FiOS has been available for at least 5-6 years in parts of Dutchess County. Areas of Poughkeepsie, Fishkill & Beacon. Maybe other areas, as well. But, those are the only ones in which I am aware.
It still remains that FIOS is only available in very limited locations in NY compared to Charter/Spectrum's availability. And even their coverage falls short of what they agreed to when they took over TWC in NY.
Charter/Spectrum is going to fight this decision......as most of us knew they would.
Charter CEO: 'We're in the right' in dispute with New York State
"We're hopeful that we can work all this out, but if necessary, we'll litigate and we believe we're in the right," [Thomas M. Rutledge, Charter's chairman and chief executive officer] said during a conference call with analysts.
While New York gave Charter 60 days to come up with a plan to sell its holdings in the state, Rutledge said the dispute with the PSC could be a long one.
"We have a very strong legal case and ability to defend ourselves," he said in his first comments since the PSC took action to force Charter out of the state on Friday. "And it could play out over a lengthy period of time if required."
Charter CEO: 'We're in the right' in dispute with New York State
"We're hopeful that we can work all this out, but if necessary, we'll litigate and we believe we're in the right," [Thomas M. Rutledge, Charter's chairman and chief executive officer] said during a conference call with analysts.
While New York gave Charter 60 days to come up with a plan to sell its holdings in the state, Rutledge said the dispute with the PSC could be a long one.
"We have a very strong legal case and ability to defend ourselves," he said in his first comments since the PSC took action to force Charter out of the state on Friday. "And it could play out over a lengthy period of time if required."
Trying to download Madden 19 to pre load on PC, and I'm getting 4.23MB/Second when I pay for 60MB/Second.
Again, I have a Spectrum modem, spectrum plan(60mb, upgraded for "free" to 100mb), and no signal issues according to them, who refuse to come out and check my lines.
Again, I have a Spectrum modem, spectrum plan(60mb, upgraded for "free" to 100mb), and no signal issues according to them, who refuse to come out and check my lines.
File a complaint with the public service commission.
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This is why franchise agreements need to go and we need open competition with cable providers. These local territorial exclusive rights are bad for everyone.
Here in the Western suburbs of Chicago we deal with this. I have U-Verse internet, but that is it. U-Verse or nothing. There are two other providers in the area - Comcast and Wide Open West. If I lived 3 miles south, then I could have a choice between U-Verse and Comcast. Comcast tried to expand northward but at some level it was rejected due to the AT&T agreement.
I once had a TWC tech tell me my sat dish was illegal because TWC had an exclusive franchise for TV service in the area. I told him to come back with a warrant and the police. He didn't... 
4.23 MB/Seconds is roughly 35 Mb/second. All things considered that is pretty good.
I think you are confusing Megabytes (MB) and Megabits (Mb). Data speeds are measured in Bits per second, file transfer rates are typically displayed as Byes per second.
If this is your example then Charter is 100% correct, your speeds are fine and there's no reason to waste a truck roll on a PEBKAC issue.
