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  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805
    daveso said:
    Robert Freise said:

    Had just the opposite here when Spectrum took over TWC price went down about $30.00 and internet speed doubled went from reasonably good to really good.

    Only problem is ther just isn't anything worth watching on TV 

    Other Than NCIS NCIS New Orleans an occasional movie I end up watching 40 year old reruns if I watch TV

    also with Sp[ectrum..with the 200meg download...if your modem is old..get a new one. I noticed when they upgraded to 200. a lot of sites seemed slower. I called 3 times becasue of that but the internet speed tests indicated 200+, so they wouldn;t do anything. I downgraded again and got rid of the cable channels so had to bring my box back. While there , the customer service rep mentioned my modem. She goes, yes , we have been seeing slower performance with these and handed me a new one. I hooked it up and the speeds are crazy fast. ... fast fast. 

    All the cable companies switched protocols and basically were too incompetent to figure out which of their customers had the old modems which didn't support it. They relied on those customers getting frustrated with bad performance and complaining until they got a CS rep who knew what the deal was and told them to come in and swap modems. For those who care about these things it was likely the switch from Docsis 3.0 to 3.1. 

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,274

    My issues with watching tv, espeically on air tv are the following; indecisiveness, not wanting to start a tv show in the middle but wanting to watch it from the start, forgetting when something starts, getting interrupted and missing important parts, and some others I cannot think of at the moment. I almost forgot about a football game that is about to start soon, but remembered in time (AKA before it started)

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited January 2019
    kenshaw011267 said:
    daveso said:
    Robert Freise said:

    Had just the opposite here when Spectrum took over TWC price went down about $30.00 and internet speed doubled went from reasonably good to really good.

    Only problem is ther just isn't anything worth watching on TV 

    Other Than NCIS NCIS New Orleans an occasional movie I end up watching 40 year old reruns if I watch TV

    also with Sp[ectrum..with the 200meg download...if your modem is old..get a new one. I noticed when they upgraded to 200. a lot of sites seemed slower. I called 3 times becasue of that but the internet speed tests indicated 200+, so they wouldn;t do anything. I downgraded again and got rid of the cable channels so had to bring my box back. While there , the customer service rep mentioned my modem. She goes, yes , we have been seeing slower performance with these and handed me a new one. I hooked it up and the speeds are crazy fast. ... fast fast. 

    All the cable companies switched protocols and basically were too incompetent to figure out which of their customers had the old modems which didn't support it. They relied on those customers getting frustrated with bad performance and complaining until they got a CS rep who knew what the deal was and told them to come in and swap modems. For those who care about these things it was likely the switch from Docsis 3.0 to 3.1. 

    That's exactly it. My hubby is a cable guy (but not for any of the aforementioned companies...lol).

    Laurie

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,274

    Air tv is okay but it is better than nothing.  RIght now it keeps going in an out but I do not know how to fix it.

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,578
    edited January 2019
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Robert Freise said:

    Had just the opposite here when Spectrum took over TWC price went down about $30.00 and internet speed doubled went from reasonably good to really good.

    Only problem is ther just isn't anything worth watching on TV 

    Other Than NCIS NCIS New Orleans an occasional movie I end up watching 40 year old reruns if I watch TV

    I've been sitting here enjoying episodes of the old game show "What's My Line?" from 1952 with lots of long dead celebrities.  And the people in the show are dead too. frown ("I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas.  How he got in my pyjamas I'll never know!" -- Groucho Marx )

    MASH 4077 Perry Mason Highway Patrol (1955-1959)

    Remember the show To Tell The Truth (1956 - 1968)

    Love Groucho

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  • artd3Dartd3D Posts: 165
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    Air tv is okay but it is better than nothing.  RIght now it keeps going in an out but I do not know how to fix it.

    Get an antenna amplifier, you can get one on ebay or Amazon for less tha $15.00.

     

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,274
    artd3D said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    Air tv is okay but it is better than nothing.  RIght now it keeps going in an out but I do not know how to fix it.

    Get an antenna amplifier, you can get one on ebay or Amazon for less tha $15.00.

     

    Would that work with my current amazon basics antenna?  Or is it better to get to get the better version of the antenna and sell/give current one to someone else.  I can save up to get the 50 mile radius amazon basics antenna.  My mum needs a new antenna So the current one will not go to waste.

    amazon basics 50 mile radius antenna link  

  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    artd3D said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    Air tv is okay but it is better than nothing.  RIght now it keeps going in an out but I do not know how to fix it.

    Get an antenna amplifier, you can get one on ebay or Amazon for less tha $15.00.

     

    Would that work with my current amazon basics antenna?  Or is it better to get to get the better version of the antenna and sell/give current one to someone else.  I can save up to get the 50 mile radius amazon basics antenna.  My mum needs a new antenna So the current one will not go to waste.

    amazon basics 50 mile radius antenna link  

    It might. You might just need a better antenna. A lot depends on how far away you are from the broadcast antennas. If you're a long way away from them, 30 to 50 miles, or more, then you likely need an amplifier. If you're closer a better antenna is a better option.

    Personally I don't have a ton of faith in the amazon basic brand.  Monoprice sells much higher quality antennas at lower prices than that one.

    https://www.monoprice.com/search/index?keyword=TV+antenna

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,578

    Can also depend on whats between the antenna and the signal that could be blocking or hindering it

    I used to live in an apartment that had steel reinforcing in one wall that blocked most of the reception to the indoor antenna from the stations on that side of the building also had a ham radio operator close by and his signal would play havoc with my reception from time to time

  • artd3Dartd3D Posts: 165

    It looks to me like the only difference between the 2 antennas is that the ultra has an amplifier. Have you moved your antenna to different locations? The signal strength depends on where the antenna is located and what direction it is facing. If you are in the US check https://antennaweb.org/ to see what directions your stations are.

     

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