St. Louis 30Mb to 100Mb
Looks like upgrades going into effect! "Effective Tuesday, June 10, 2014, existing eligible Residential Charter Internet® customers in the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area will receive an automatic...
View Article[HSI] OMG! AT&T GIGAPOWER coming to Charter Markets ! 1 gigabit/sec
Watched Channel 4 news at 5PM with AT&T official announcing GIGAPOWER coming to parts of St Louis in 2015. Chesterfield, Edwardsville, Florissant, Granite City, and St. Louis "Like Google Fiber,...
View Article[Telephone] Charter Business Telephone is Blocking Skype In/Out Numbers
Others have similarly begun to report: http://community.skype.com/t5/Mac/service-restrictions/td-p/2988310 I tried calling my dentist (who just converted last week to Charter Business Telephone...
View Article[CATV] San Luis Obispo County, California going digital in July 2014
I just found out from an employee at Charter Communications that San Luis Obispo County, California is scheduled to go all digital in July 2014. General FCC Info on Cable Systems going encrypted:...
View Article[Other] If you're in a market traded to Comcast ...
... as I fear the Atlanta market will be, what can you expect to change in the near future? Does the equipment change, as well as pricing/policies/tiers? Guess one thing is for sure, I'll lose my great...
View Article[HSI] Lots of spam getting thru
Anyone noticed lots of spam recently getting thru Charter's filters?
View Article[HSI] Question about phone service and new modem
Today I was connected to Charter's home phone service, which required a different modem. I was running a SB 6141 modem, which I owned myself, and was receiving the full 8 channels downstream. Now with...
View Articlecomcast to charter
What is going to happen to the systems traded from comcast to charter ? Will we lose x1 dvr and other comcast features ? What features doea charter have that Comcast doesn't?
View ArticleWhy Doesn't Charter Phase Out It Old HD DVR's?
Why do they still use those old Motorola ones and not use the latest HD DVR's?
View Article[CATV] West MI. Goes "spectrum" on June 10th
Just got the notice in the mail saying they will offer: 1 digital set-top box OR 1 HD set-top box OR 1 cablecard at no cost for 12 months. What is the difference between a digital set-top box & the...
View ArticleCablecard experience with a HDhomerun PRIME.
For what it is worth, here is my cablecard experience so far: Got the package, unpacked it, it has NO splitter in the box, unlike the diagrams that Charter's site shows, but, the box did have a stubby...
View Article[HSI] How to get best pricing with Charter
Ok so I got my latest Charter statement via email. Apparently my 2 year contract was up ($44.99/mo for 30/3 speeds). My new price was going to be $57.99/mo !! I called and talked to 2 different...
View Article[CATV] How does a box get activated
This is a tech question about boxes in general, not just Charter. Is there a chip in each box that remembers whether it was authorized or not? Is that how it works? You can't move an authorized box to...
View ArticleCharter not upgrading Ultra 100 in Greenville SC..
Just spoke with a high level tech who is an actual Charter Supervisor (not a contracted one). He was sent out to handle a BBB complaint I made due to having major speed issues that have not been...
View ArticleLa Crosse issues
Up until about a week ago Internet connections were rock solid but last Tuesday issues started with a complete loss of cable tv and Internet for better part of the evening. Later that night the...
View Article[CATV] Charter cant fathom that I dont want TV service!
Charter keeps calling me and offering my tv and phone service all the time! I keep telling them a house phone is for cavemen and tv service sucks because of all the commercials. They dont get that I...
View Article[HSI] New Ultra Speed Package effective now
Here in St Louis, the 30meg to 60 meg to now 100 meg, I wanted to find out what my Ultra 100/5 will be changing to. Confirming today with Heather from Louisville, KY call center, ALL Ultra (100)...
View ArticleStandard prices?
Anyone have any idea what standard pricing is? Is there a list of these standard rates? Charter Internet® Plus - $39.99.mo for 12 mos Promotion price is $39.99/mo. Yr 1 & $54.99/mo. Yr 2; Standard...
View Article[HSI] Gateway
Although I've asked the question to standard charter tech support, I got the feeling they simply gave me an answer to get me off the phone. I believe the gateway (default router) address should be...
View Article[CATV] Unable to Login to watch streaming television
Hello, For the past week, I have been unable to sign into sites that offer streaming content with a paid television subscription. I contacted Charter's live chat support, and they said engineers were...
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