Please help. Need advice on where to live in Johnson City area. (Chattanooga: rentals, high school)

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Originally Posted by Jim37680

If Internet ISP considerations were the only factor in locating within the Tri-Cities then one should probably look across the Watauga River and north of Piney Flats at BETS service area (FTTH with up to 1 Gb service and no caps).
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Charter may not be enforcing caps now but if they succeed in gaining regulatory approval of the highly leveraged purchase (junk bonds to pay the cash portion) of the much larger Time-Warner system then they will need big revenue enhancements from their customers. The only winners here will be the former TWC stockholders who take the money and run. Here is something for late night reading:
Stop the Cap! You searched for charter twc merger • Stop the Cap!

Wall Street stock analysts seem to believe there is no limit to the wealth that can be squeezed from broadband customers, especially from cable ISPs which still dominate the national market. Craig Moffett is one of the analysts most easy to hate and the French entrepreneur Patrick Drahi is a devil incarnate and probably the worst thing to come out of France since Napoléon Bonaparte and snails on your biscuit. You can read about them both in this series of articles:
Stop the Cap! You searched for moffett • Stop the Cap!

In the most recent interview Charter CEO says the firm will not impose data caps for at least three years if regulators approve the Time-Warner deal. What that's worth remains to be seen; however, there's little argument that higher costs - data caps or by other means - are on the horizon.

[Trevor92]

Originally Posted by Page2

In the most recent interview Charter CEO says the firm will not impose data caps for at least three years if regulators approve the Time-Warner deal. What that's worth remains to be seen; however, there's little argument that higher costs - data caps or by other means - are on the horizon.

We now live in a Comcast area and have found out that CenturyLink DSL is fast enough to allow streaming for Netflix, etc. but I've heard this is very location dependent. Hopefully the JCPB will be able to roll out their internet soon. There will be a huge difference between the communities that offer this vs. those places that only have traditional cable providers. The days of traditional cable tv will soon be over, the only reason to have it now is sports, and everything will soon be delivered over the internet. Sling TV from Dish already does this and cable companies are trying their best to replace that revenue.

[DaveinMtAiry]

I'll never buy that the internet will replace cable. We use our DVR daily, when we get home we have dozens of options literally at our finger tips. We go from show to show instantly, then go to the DVR to watch a show previously recorded. You just can't do all these things via streaming

[rccrain]

Originally Posted by DaveinMtAiry

I'll never buy that the internet will replace cable. We use our DVR daily, when we get home we have dozens of options literally at our finger tips. We go from show to show instantly, then go to the DVR to watch a show previously recorded. You just can't do all these things via streaming ...YET

With Roku, Neflix, Amazon, and Sling TV combined we are already very close to being able to speak "House of Cards" into your remote control and having every episode ever created appear on your screen. The only thing currently lacking is bridging the delay between original airing and when it becomes available to stream.

In the next 5-10 years you'll likely be able to stream any and all content this way. No need to hassle with a DVR. I don't see any turning back.

[queenladybug817]

I have to say that I hope Charter doesn't do caps anytime soon. Working from home, I'd likely have to move to a business level account or something to stay under.

I do really like Charter though. We get pretty much right under the advertised 60mbs speed on our hardwired devices. Wifi, of course is throttled down by the router, but for my devices that can do the N speeds, they push around 15-20mbs. In addition, the service we've had has been great. I had some issues with my connection dropping randomly. It turned out to be a bad splice in the wire coming from the road to the house. I called around 8:30am, they were here by 10am and spent most of the day not only fixing the wire coming to the house, but made sure to update the cable all through the house, as well as connectors to equipment. I've lived in many areas and Charter has been the best hands down.

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Back home, dad is at 100 mbps now on wired and 80-90 mbps on a new 802.11AC router. Charter's reliability was garbage ten years ago - I remember it going out routinely mid-mornings, but it's dramatically improved over the last few years.

[DaveinMtAiry]

Originally Posted by rccrain

With Roku, Neflix, Amazon, and Sling TV combined we are already very close to being able to speak "House of Cards" into your remote control and having every episode ever created appear on your screen. The only thing currently lacking is bridging the delay between original airing and when it becomes available to stream.

In the next 5-10 years you'll likely be able to stream any and all content this way. No need to hassle with a DVR. I don't see any turning back.

As a fan of the DC teams as well as Maryland Basketball this is what I'm counting on so I can continue to watch my teams. But again with a DVR you can pause, back up, start late and FF the commercials. We watch virtually every show and game via DVR, can't do this with streaming a game.

[rccrain]

After a game ends you can already go back and watch replays of any game covered by ABC/ESPN.

The technology is already there to do 99% of what you want it to do. The only problem is contracts. Streaming is disrupting an industry, there are certainly still kinks in the delivery. I completely understand why most people will not want to be early adopters, but I still think streaming will do to the cable industry what it has already done to the music industry.

[DaveinMtAiry]

It's my understanding that streaming NFL games is illegal. Not sure how it isn't illegal, same with all games. The rights to those games are purchased at big big bucks, how is stealing the feed legal?

[Trevor92]

Originally Posted by DaveinMtAiry

It's my understanding that streaming NFL games is illegal. Not sure how it isn't illegal, same with all games. The rights to those games are purchased at big big bucks, how is stealing the feed legal?

It is commonly done on apps or websites through ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Sports, etc. under their licensing agreement. Usually you have to have a login from your cable provider, but most are free on college campus networks and other circumstances. The same is done in the NBA through the League Pass.

As rccrain stated, the technology is there, it's just the contracts that are the issue. There's really no reason you shouldn't be able to subscribe to these apps or channels individually and get them through the internet. Apple tv might make the technology much more popular and user friendly and cause some of these networks to end their exclusive agreement with cable companies.