TWC WiFi Finder App Now Available for iOS Devices, in iTunes Store

Shortly before the holidays, I mentioned that our TWC WiFi Finder app was available in the Android Marketplace. Now, you can get the TWC WiFi Finder app for iOS products in the iTunes store, too. (Linked…

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Categories: Broadband Penetration/Deployment, Cool Stuff, Future of the Industry, In the Community, Product Launches, What's New, app

“DIY” the Cable Way: How to Self-Install Cable, Phone and Internet

Nowadays there are resources to empower people to do almost all repairs, installations, etc. in their homes on their own. If you want to install a ceiling fan there are books that teach you how. If you…

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Categories: Broadband Penetration/Deployment, Customer Care, Digital Cable, Home Phone, How-To, Product Launches

Head End: How Cable Gets to Your House From Space

You could be forgiven for thinking that cable operators just buried wires under the dirt 30 years ago and have just been collecting checks ever since. Everyone’s entitled to be wrong sometimes, and it’s forgivable.

After working here for a…

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TWC WiFi Finder App, Now in Android Marketplace

Here’s some decent news for our customers in Southern California – and eventually, the rest of the country: today, RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE, we launched an app that will allow you to locate and log into any Time Warner…

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Categories: Android, Broadband Penetration/Deployment, Cool Stuff, Customer Care, Future of the Industry, Product Launches, What's New, app

Tomorrow’s World From 1969: The Future of Banking

I’ve got a thing for retro visions of the future – especially ones that basically came true. This BBC mini-documentary from December, 1969 describes a future where cash transactions and bounced checks go the way of the dodo bird and…

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Time Warner Cable to Sell Advanced Wireless Spectrum To Verizon Wireless In Joint Venture With Comcast and Bright House Networks

Earlier this morning, we announced that we are going to sell our Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS) licenses, currently held by SpectrumCo, a joint venture between Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Bright House Networks, to Verizon Wireless. In addition, TWC…

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Categories: Broadband Penetration/Deployment, Content Delivery, Cool Stuff, Future of the Industry, Wireless

What The Internet Looks Like: Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors

Before I worked here, I thought the Internet was this fascinating substance that just kind of poured out of various rectangular faucets and onto my face. I quickly learned otherwise.

This documentary piece is about the hub at 60…

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Why Connect to Compete and Broadband Adoption Matter

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement today of several new parts for the broadband adoption program Connect to Compete is a welcome addition to a multi-faceted effort to get more Americans connected to broadband.

Previously, the Chairman announced that a…

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Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group Issues First Report

In July 2010, my colleague, Fernando Laguarda, wrote here:

“Sometimes if you ask enough smart people what they think, you actually get good ideas.  And when enough smart people are sharing lots of good ideas, there’s even the…

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Our $1 Million Pledge To Promote Broadband Adoption

There’s no lack of news about the gap in broadband adoption in the United States, particularly in minority and low income communities.

Broadband access plays a critical role in connecting people with information, entertainment and each…

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