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April 15, 2008

Today was supposed to be a great day of celebrating my freedom from Time Warner Cable, but the Evil Empire thwarted my plans. I guess escaping from tyranny — even the corporate variety — is never easy.
The AT&T phone guys arrived today promptly within the window of time they said they would all set to […]

April 11, 2008

Dawn is about to break on my long night of cable TV bondage. Say farewell to blighted stronghold of Time Warner Cable and hop aboard the freedom train of AT&T U-verse.
Wednesday I got the call that AT&T was starting to wire my neck of the woods with their new TV service and I wasted no […]

November 27, 2007

Here in Central Texas, as in Madison and other parts of Wisconsin outside Green Bay and Milwaukee, millions of football fans will be getting the business and missing the biggest game of the year because of the standoff between Big Cable and the NFL over carriage of the NFL Network. This is the second year […]

August 1, 2006

So training camp is underway and the first preseason games are just around the corner and I just have to ask, why am I still not getting the NFL Network on Time Warner Cable? (And before anyone mentions it, my line of sight to the south is blocked so satellite TV isn’t an option.) Why […]

January 29, 2006

Much to no one’s surprise, the National Football League announced yesterday that they will televise eight regular season games in prime time on its own NFL Network next season. The games will be shown on Thursday and Saturday nights, starting with a Thanksgiving night contest. Four of the games are being pulled from Saturday games […]