Are there any alternatives to Time Warner Cable? (Greensboro, Salem: to buy, movies) - Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point - North Carolina (NC) -The Triad Area - City-Data Forum

buffee14 · 12-04-2010, 07:39 PM

I am sick of TWC raising their prices. Any suggestions for cable and internet in the Winston Salem area?

WFW&P · 12-04-2010, 09:11 PM

You would have to look into DSL or cellular for internet, satellite for TV or buy a digital antenna. Earthlink offers cable internet service but they actually use Time Warner network

arstal · 12-05-2010, 12:03 PM

Expect those clowns to try the broadband caps again next year also.

akwebb81 · 12-07-2010, 10:22 AM

DSL, clearwire 4g for internet. Rabbit ears and the internet for TV. You can pick up a blu-ray or roku player to make it simple and have access to current tv shows on hulu, movies/older tv shows on netflix, pandora for all your music. For $70 for a roku player and $7/mo for netflix, basic hulu is free (plus is $8/mo) you have 90% of all the things you would want to watch. There's websites out there that stream sports from espn for free. There's lot's of alternatives out there.

bhudda · 01-12-2011, 12:31 AM

Is there FiOS in Winston-salem, NC? Moving to W-S, and I work from home, using highspeed internet. Initial search online doesn't give me options for Fios. Anyone local to W-S have any knowledge?
Thanks, Currently on AT&T Uverse

superk · 01-12-2011, 07:19 AM

AFAIK, FCC regulations keep FiOS out of the state.

Dusty Rhodes · 01-13-2011, 02:50 PM

Hummmm, Satellite TV, Dish Network, or Directv, offers a variety of services usually of better quality and cheaper than Ma Bell or cable.

bhudda · 01-13-2011, 11:43 PM

Wow- what's the reasoning?

WFW&P · 01-14-2011, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superk

AFAIK, FCC regulations keep FiOS out of the state.

Allegedly AT&T is doing this in Greensboro, they call it U-verse-the catch: the ***holes won't tell you where its available

Estebanico · 01-15-2011, 05:05 PM

I got sick of Time Warner Cable as well. For TV, I use Dish Network. It's a lot cheaper, and a decent reception but I have some minor problems when it rains a lot. I got rid of Roadrunner, too. I use AT&T broadband now. It's cheaper than Roadrunner, and about the same speed. Call them and they will mail you a modem and a do-it-yourself installation CD. You have to buy their modem (around $70), but when I got my service, they agreed to charge me for it in 12 monthly installments. Also, after four months of service, they mailed me a $70 gift card. So far, AT&T has worked fine with me. By the way, I live in Winston.