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Time Warner Cable: Unanswered questions

December 3rd, 2009, 12:45 pm by
Time Warner Cable Q&A, December 2009
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If you’ve been following my Time Warner Q&A series, a number of reader questions were answered by the cable company’s staff and others were answered during my face-to-face interview with the local presidents, Deborah “Debi” Picciolo, president of residential services for the West Region, and Clarence Caldwell, president of network operations/engineering for the West Region.

But about three dozen questions still weren’t answered. I’ve pasted them all below in case any of the folks at Time Warner would like a second chance at responding.

UPDATE, added 4:20 p.m.: I just spoke to Darryl Ryan, Time Warner’s media relations guy and he wanted to add that Time Warner appreciated all the questions. He said the company learns a lot about what customers really want when they get questions like this batch. But not all were answered because questions either dealt with a future product or service (multi-room DVR) or the question was too limited to one user’s experience. Ryan suggests always calling customer service (888-TWCABLE) to get the issue documented.

I’ve added my own answers to some of the questions. If readers have answers, or links to answers, please post as comments and I’ll move them up.

Unanswered Questions

1. When is ABC on demand coming?

[Gadgetress: ABC is owned by Disney, which is pretty powerful when it comes to negotiating how much it wants to charge paid-TV providers to carry its channels.]

2. When will Setanta Sports become available?

[Gadgetress: To request the channel, go HERE.] Read the rest of this entry »

Have a question for Time Warner Cable?

October 23rd, 2009, 8:26 am by

Time Warner Cable signMany of us have a love-hate relationship with the cable TV provider. Sometimes, it’s just due to a lack of communication. Here’s your chance to get questions answered by Time Warner Cable.

I’ll be meeting with the top brass of the company’s Orange County and Los Angeles regions — Debi Picciolo, president of residential services for the West Region, and Clarence Caldwell, president of network operations and engineering – in November. It’s an opportunity for me and readers to get some unresolved questions answered. A few for starters:

  • When, if ever, will we see a la carte cable TV service?
  • When will we get that multi-room DVR?
  • And why does cable service cost so darn much?

Time Warner is willing to hear all questions readers have, so I’m offering you a chance to ask. Simply leave a comment below. That way, others can see what’s been asked and/or offer their own 2 cents on the topic. The company has promised to work with me to get questions answered so let’s give them some good ones.

I’ll be collecting questions until Nov. 2. Of course, if you leave one after this deadline, I’ll still try to get it answered at some point.

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Time Warner Cable separates; shuffles O.C. office

March 13th, 2009, 11:12 am by

It’s official: Time Warner Cable is no longer part of Time Warner — not that any cable TV customer should notice, says the company.

The cable division separated from Time Warner last night at 8 p.m., a significant event for investors, said Alexander Dudley, a Time Warner Cable spokesman. For cable TV customers, there was no impact on channels, prices or services, he said. Even the monthly cable bill will look the same.

“People’s reaction when the separation was first announced (two years ago) was, ‘Oh no, my cable company is going to change again,’ But no, nothing really changes for the customer,” Dudley said.

But a reorganization, which resulted in the loss of 1,250 jobs last month (see “Time Warner Cable losing lots of money, cuts jobs“), did impact Orange County and the company’s Southern California operation.

Fred Stefany (pictured on left), president of the O.C. division since 2006, is out. Also, it looks like Jeffrey Hirsch, who headed up the Los Angeles Metro division, is gone. I haven’t received confirmation on this yet. UPDATE, 1:30 p.m.: Hirsch moved to a new role within the company in New York. Hirsch oversaw the launch of digital phone service and Dodgers on Demand in the Southern California area.

Debi Picciolo, who was division president in the Los Angeles North, takes over all three divisions to become President of Residential Services. Picciolo was not available for an interview.

“We have had a company-wide reorganization, and this was completely independent of the spinoff. We implemented this reorganization in order to improve operational efficiencies and ensure the future success of our organization. As part of this reorganization, we consolidated the three Los Angeles-based divisions North, Metro and South. This will allow us to simplify our operational structure and ultimately, improve the customer experience,” said Darryl Ryan, a Time Warner spokesman for the Southern California region. Read the rest of this entry »

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