[Bette]

Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications, two major cable carriers in Wisconsin, are reporting they have lost thousands of cable subscribers, a development some tie to consumers upset that they can't get the Big Ten Network and the NFL Network.
While acknowledging the erosion of subscribers nationwide and in Wisconsin, spokesmen for both companies say other factors are behind the loss of cable subscribers.
Time Warner Cable said Wednesday it had lost 83,000 subscribers in the three months ended Sept. 30, and another 57,000 in the three months prior. Time Warner has about 600,000 households in eastern Wisconsin.
Charter, which has 500,000 households in Wisconsin, reported Thursday it had lost 40,200 subscribers in the three months ended Sept. 30 and another 29,300 in the three months before.
At the same time, DirecTV, which has a contract to carry the Big Ten Network and the NFL Network, reported this week it had added 240,000 new subscribers as of Sept. 30, a 6% increase over a year earlier.
At the DISH network, which also has deals with the two sports networks, spokesman Parker McConachie said the company added 170,000 new subscribers in the second quarter.



JS Online: Cable carriers see drop in users

[Seahawker 562]

yeah like half the games on sunday ticket never work

[EmpireWF]

I wonder what the numbers are like on a national basis. In New York, I haven't heard of a major outcry about the NFL Network not being available on cable.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

yeah like half the games on sunday ticket never work

what do you mean half? If its not carried on Sunday ticket then its on regular tv. I have never not been able to see the game somewhere if I wanted to.

[Seahawker 562]

out of all the games playing on sunday, usually 1/2 are not working

[Quality88]

Charter Communications is a joke... I know I used to work their tech support center in Louisville. I'm shocked they are even still in business period, regardless of not havin those channels.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

yeah like half the games on sunday ticket never work

Originally Posted by Bette

what do you mean half? If its not carried on Sunday ticket then its on regular tv. I have never not been able to see the game somewhere if I wanted to.

Seahawker says half dont come in the. The only games I cant get are the ones carried on local channels. Why is this???? Are they blacked out in his area and why there and not here.