Just lost ESPN on Spectrum

[vols 30]

you think a cable company owes you a heads up?

Based on how much I've spent on cable and their internet over the years -

Absolutely!!!!

 

[RDU VOL#14]

you think a cable company owes you a heads up?

Absolutely. Anytime there’s ever been a dispute they’ve advertised it weeks in advance. They pulled the plug at the exact time of kickoff for the 2023 Week 1 of college football. **** them.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Based on how much I've spent on cable and their internet over the years -

Absolutely!!!!

well in that case, you can wish in one hand.

and, go in the other. which one will fill up first?

 

[TheVolsFrog]

you think a cable company owes you a heads up?

As a paying customer yes. If a known outage is about to occur then yes. That's just good customer service
At work we pay for hosted cloud SAS and when ever they plan to do maintenance that could make the system not accessible they always send out a notice a week or two before they plan to do that work.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

well in that case, you can wish in one hand.

and, go in the other. which one will fill up first?

Yeah and talk like that is why Spectrum will probably lose a good deal of customers even if they were negotiating in good faith with the Mouse

 

[Jackcrevol]

Yeah and talk like that is why Spectrum will probably lose a good deal of customers even if they were negotiating in good faith with the Mouse

Oh it will. Im just sayin expecting anything from a cable company is a big ask.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Oh it will. Im just sayin expecting anything from a cable company is a big ask.

True but they've done it in the past about channels. Not sure why they kept this one under wraps

 

[MAD]

This isn’t a Disney/ESPN problem, it’s a Spectrum/Cable problem.

It’s just a matter of time before they join the dinosaurs, Blockbusters, indoor malls and landline phones.

It’s all about Hulu, Amazon Prime etc, that’s the future.

 

[volfan102455]

I finally did a comparison between Spectrum and YouTube TV - for a similar set of basic channels with similar access (unlimited streams) I save $2 a month but I do lose some channels I watch.

Not sure that is worth the hassle of switching assuming Spectrum is able to resolve this with a hefty increase in the costs.

 

[Volfan1000]

We are safe

According to USA Today, these are the only games that won’t be shown if this doesn’t get resolved.


Saturday Northern Illinois vs. Boston College (12 p.m., ACC Network) Louisiana Tech vs. SMU (12 p.m., ESPN U) Arkansas State vs. #20 Oklahoma (12 p.m., ESPN) Ball State vs. Kentucky (12 p.m., SEC Network) Massachusetts vs. Auburn (3:30 p.m., ESPN) Wofford vs. Pittsburgh (3:30 p.m., ACC Network) SE Louisiana vs. Mississippi State (4:00 p.m., SEC Network) California vs. North Texas (4:00 p.m., ESPN U) New Mexico vs. #23 Texas A&M (7 p.m., ESPN) South Alabama vs. #24 Tulane (8 p.m., ESPN U) Coastal Carolina vs. UCLA (10:30 p.m., ESPN)

Oklahoma will kick CBJ'S ass tomorrow.

 

[C-south]

This isn’t a Disney/ESPN problem, it’s a Spectrum/Cable problem.

It’s just a matter of time before they join the dinosaurs, Blockbusters, indoor malls and landline phones.

It’s all about Hulu, Amazon Prime etc, that’s the future.

What? None of those work without internet.

 

[MAD]

What? None of those work without internet.

Never said internet, said cable.

 

[C-south]

Never said internet, said cable.

When people start dumping cable en masse what do you think will happen with internet?

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

ABC is still working for me on Spectrum in Florida.

Here in middle Tennessee also. GBO

 

[NV Vol]

Don't you just love being sandwiched between two giant corporations arguing over just how hard they get squeeze you?

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Much more is brewing at Disney ( Bob Iger came back) and mean they will move away from their current business model for delivering programming via traditional networks ABC, ESPN, etc. Attached article talks about big changes that are being considered. What will this mean for the SEC Network?

Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and other channels from Charter Spectrum service. 'This is not a typical blackout'

The carriage fee dispute means that millions of Spectrum customers will go without "Jeopardy!," U.S. Open tennis coverage and football on ESPN. The cutoff coincided with the start of a highly anticipated college football game between Utah and Florida.

www.latimes.com

 

[volfan102455]

When people start dumping cable en masse what do you think will happen with internet?

It will become very slow, and we'll see the action an hour after it happens!

 

[JCHateSteve]

Charter's take on things.
Charter CEO says they may move on from Disney 'permanently'

 

[volfan102455]

Based on those two articles, this is not going to be solved quickly and it will eventually impact all of the streaming services as many of them also have the "Disney bundle". I actually think Spectrum / Charter is being more forward thinking here in terms of the consumers, where Disney doesn't want to let go of the current approach. It is the sports channels that make their package profitable.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

One of these days congress/.gov may go snooping around all this streaming, cable/sat, content providers not saying they should but if you get enough complaints they may want answers. Just like they did with MS buying Activision on the whole COD mess

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

That’s what I was thinking too. I’m still just a little scared it gets pulled right before the game starts. I guess I’ll just sign up for a free trial of YouTube TV if that happens.

By the way, with YouTube TV, does anyone know if it is it only available live, or can you watch a replay too?

You can record it.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Charter's take on things.
Charter CEO says they may move on from Disney 'permanently'

They need to cut people cable bill until this is situated as people aren't getting what they're paying for also if they do permanently drop that package Spectrum will lose customers and a lot of them, so will the raise prices back to make up for that lost

 

[JCHateSteve]

They need to cut people cable bill until this is situated as people aren't getting what they're paying for also if they do permanently drop that package Spectrum will lose customers and a lot of them, so will the raise prices back to make up for that lost

Lol. Charter isn't going to cut anything. They might credit people who call in and ask for it. But they are still a souless cable company.

They aren't going to permanently drop ESPN. That's just a lame attempt at talking tough. They do have a point about Disney double dipping with traditional cable and streaming though.

Price hikes will likely come on internet service. That's where they have the most customers that don't have any real alternative. The streaming TV services still need them for that.

 

[SaltyBro]

Yup. It's great.

And if something dumb like Spectrum cancels ESPN happens , you can unsubscribe easily. Hate cable companies and how they lock you in.

All you have to say is you are moving in with someone else and they stop harassing you. Has worked 3 times for me

 

[SaltyBro]

If you’re streaming you’re behind.

Mostly true but not always. If 1-2 minutes bothers you, well ……..

 

[SaltyBro]

That’s the thing. How many people use to watch sportscenter every morning but stopped? When they got political instead of sticking to what they’re suppose to do they paid the price.

I watch 0 ESPN besides Tennessee because of this.