A Message of Hate, Cont.

By Sarah Carlson
May 1, 2007

Suddenlink.JPGMany in the newsroom thought I was exaggerating when I claimed my TV was hijacked by the Weather Channel on Sunday night during the Big Country's bout of thunderstorms. On the contrary: Digital cable subscribers paid a hefty price for quality entertainment, having their TV shows interrupted by EAS alerts. Those of you who play it old-school and still use a VCR have a reason to celebrate. Those of us who spend a lot of money on TV channels and DVRs, however, got the shaft.

This isn't as bad as the time Cox Communications (which is now Suddenlink) had a tiff with a local news station and refused to air NBC for months -- forcing me to buy rabbit-ear antennas so I could watch "The West Wing" and to seriously contemplate chaining myself to the Cox offices in protest -- but it's close.

Thanks, Suddenlink. We now hate you more than ever.

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Posted by: JB on May 1, 2007 1:59 PM

I agree! The same thing happened to me when I was DVRing The Riches on Sunday, and the only reason I had to record it then was because the recording got cut short the previous Monday when it was new. Ridiculous.

Posted by: jimmy salazar on July 16, 2007 11:48 AM

sounds like it's time to give dishnetwork a try. it's cheaper and has more channels and picture and the whole it goes out when a cloud comes out is due to a poor job installing the satellite in the first place. Of course I'm a dish sales rep lol smile

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