Can someone PLEASE tell me why Time Warner is the only cable company in Akron? Something shady is going on around here, because they have a monopoly, often have terrible service, and are constantly raising their prices! I’ve lived all over the US, and have never been anywhere (but here) where you could not choose from 2-4 cable providers. It’s called healthy competition, and it’s the American way! I moved here 4 years back, but noticed for the past 25 years (when visiting my Mother here) that they were the only cable providers. This reeks of bad business being done behind closed doors, and someone being “paid off!” The county government, and Akron city council need to look into this! I didn’t just fall off a turnip truck, and I know when something underhanded is happening. This is wrong!
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| 1. Written by John on March 1, 2012 from livingston, new jersey, US I live in Youngstown, Ohio, and work for Armstrong. Cable companies do have local monopolies. True, you can get Armstrong, Comcast, and Time Warner cable in Youngstown, however the service areas do not overlap.If your house is servicable for Time Warner, you can not get Armstrong or Comcast, or vice versa. The city may be servicable by multiple providers, but each provider has its own service area within a city, and service areas do not overlap. |
| 2. Written by Pianoman54 on January 21, 2012 from cleveland, ohio, US I don't know about all of you out there, but I am really ticked off about this Time Warner monopoly in this area! I am writing to my local politicians, writing comments all over the internet, and trying to make as much noise as possible about this. In my 4 years in Akron, Time Warner has "moved" (taken away) a number om my extended basic cable channels, and moved them to higher digital channels. They have also had many outages with cable and internet because of bad maintenance of their own old lines and equipment. Of course, like all other utility companies, they will put the cost of any repairs and maintenance on the consumers, instead of taking it out of their massive profits! My cable-internet-phone bill has gone from $90-$140 in 4 years. I am going to return my digital box ($10 per month savings), and get a Magic Jack "plus" for my telephone ($40 savings per month). THEN, as soon as a new cable company is able to do business here, I'm going to change service, and never look back! |
| 3. Written by Pianoman54 on January 1, 2012 from cleveland, ohio, US John, almost every area I've lived in has had at least 2 cable providers. In Clearwater Florida, we had Bright House (Time Warner), Knology, and Verizon to choose from. When I moved to Akron and signed up for Time Warner, the basic prices were almost 40% higher then what I was paying for Bright House (Time Warner) in Florida, just a few weeks before I moved. This is because there is no competition for them up here, and they can charge what they want. This also means they can get away with bad service, price gouging, and poor maintenance of their cable lines. Without competition, we also have a problem with poor internet service, because we are all relying on one cable company for all of our TV, internet, and digital phone needs. If we had competing companies, there would be more cable lines added, better upkeep, better reception and internet transmission, and better service overall. Then only reason there is ever a "monopoly" in any business, is because there has been business done behind closed doors, and someone has received money from the company to keep it that way (politicians). I am going to keep working in this area to make people aware if this, and to speak up about it to our local government! |
| 4. Written by John on January 1, 2012 from st. joseph, michigan, US Cable companies have what are called "local monopolies" in almost all areas. Unlike satalite providers, who have overlap in coverage areas, there is only one cable provider in each area. If you are servicable for Time Warner, you will not be servicable for Comcast, and vice versa. |
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