charter-communications

Looking for some inexpensive entertainment this weekend? It's HBO and Cinemax free preview weekend at a number of major cable providers, including Charter, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, and Verizon FIOS. If that doesn't include you, keep an eye on the FreePreview.tv site to learn when your provider's previews are coming up. [FreePreview.tv] (Thanks, Tim!)  More »

—>Did you know there isn't a formal way to report a Charter cable outage, and that you're entitled to a $20 credit if your tech is a single minute late for your appointment? These, and other fantastic tips to get faster, cheaper service from Charter, as told by a former customer service representative, inside...  More »

—>Here are 16 email addresses to load into your EECB should you feel the need to launch one at cable company Charter Communications.  More »

—>The News Courier reports Charter Cable ran an online contest asking kids to submit stories about why their dad was the "World's Greatest Dad," and the winner was supposed to get a 65-inch TV...instead, a 19-inch one showed up on his doorstep. Is this any way to treat The World's Greatest Dad?  More »

—>Last month we reported on Charter Communications' plan to start tracking its users internet activity in order to serve more targeted ads. Charter claimed customers could opt-out of the service, but a reader reviewed Charter's opt-out method and discovered that even if you said no, you would still be tracked. Yesterday Charter announced it was abandoning the program and will not track its customers' activities after all—at least for the immediate future.  More »

The same day a former Charter Communications customer service rep spilled her guts to the St Louis Post-Dispatch about how the cable company actively lies to its customers about when techs are going to show up, the subject appeared in Charter's internal company newsletter. Which we, of course, have a copy of...  More »

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