TWC/Charter/Verizon/AT&T/Cox/DTV Ch. Guide (see 1st post)

KobeSystemtwofour wrote:I heard at Staples Center Laker fans Boo'd the crap out of TWC SportsNet..worse than when we boo the Celtics lol

JGC wrote:

KobeSystemtwofour wrote:I heard at Staples Center Laker fans Boo'd the crap out of TWC SportsNet..worse than when we boo the Celtics lol

Yeah ... not the sharpest set of knives in attendance that day ... haha.

We understand that. I was at the game last night - the first TWC promotion (regular 30 second spot), noone booed. Then in the second quarter, they flashed the logo, and had Laurence Tanter read out a 30 second speech about calling your cable provider to convince them to offer the channel, and go to iwantmylakers.com.

THATS when the fans booed - noone wants to pay to come see the Lakers to be asked to call their cable provider to participate in the fight between TWC and the cable providers. Its only when they mentioned, hey, we know you aren't getting the channels, call your provider to request it (basically asking to increase TWC's leverage), that fan's got upset, and rightly so. It was a dumb announcement, and insulting to the fans who paid money to come see the team play.

XXIV wrote:

JGC wrote:

KobeSystemtwofour wrote:I heard at Staples Center Laker fans Boo'd the crap out of TWC SportsNet..worse than when we boo the Celtics lol

Yeah ... not the sharpest set of knives in attendance that day ... haha.

How so? Did you read the comment by a fellow poster who actually attended the game? Imo the fans there had every reason to boo and here's why:

We understand that. I was at the game last night - the first TWC promotion (regular 30 second spot), noone booed. Then in the second quarter, they flashed the logo, and had Laurence Tanter read out a 30 second speech about calling your cable provider to convince them to offer the channel, and go to iwantmylakers.com.

THATS when the fans booed - noone wants to pay to come see the Lakers to be asked to call their cable provider to participate in the fight between TWC and the cable providers. Its only when they mentioned, hey, we know you aren't getting the channels, call your provider to request it (basically asking to increase TWC's leverage), that fan's got upset, and rightly so. It was a dumb announcement, and insulting to the fans who paid money to come see the team play.

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CaCHooKa Man wrote:if youre not in the coverage areas in socal/nevada/hawaii then youre getting the national version of the channel that has all the games blacked out. you still need to get league pass to be able to watch lakers games.

CaCHooKa Man wrote:if youre not in the coverage areas in socal/nevada/hawaii then youre getting the national version of the channel that has all the games blacked out. you still need to get league pass to be able to watch lakers games.

kbitboc wrote:If I only have the broadcast basic TV package with time warner, can you only add the Sportsnet channel without any other channels? What about if I add the sports pass? Would the Lakers be included?

lakerfan2 wrote:

The Original 81 wrote:

CaCHooKa Man wrote:if youre not in the coverage areas in socal/nevada/hawaii then youre getting the national version of the channel that has all the games blacked out. you still need to get league pass to be able to watch lakers games.

Is there a way to bypass the blackout? Maybe with a VPN while streaming the channel on a computer or something.

you'd still get the stream via internet, you just won't be able to watch the HD broadcast on TV locally.

Ryan Ward ‏@Lakers_Examiner
I’m hearing TWC has made a deal with Dish Network. Not confirmed, but Dish may have beaten DTV to the punch. #LAKERS
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BDG wrote:Once again ...

Time Warner charges month-to-month, no contracts. Their basic package that will get you TWCSN is a bit over 50 bucks a month.

You can cancel any time and eliminate that bill. If you call them today, they'll probably have someone available to install within a week.

I don't anticipate this will drag on further than the beginning of November at worst.

Just making sure everyone is aware.

Pay 50 bucks this month, don't miss any games and then cancel once they reach the agreement in November.

I definitely don't recommend anyone actually switch (i.e. cancel their current service) to TWC. Had nothing but problems with them and their customer service is beyond horrible.

Doc Brown wrote:

Ryan Ward ‏@Lakers_Examiner
I’m hearing TWC has made a deal with Dish Network. Not confirmed, but Dish may have beaten DTV to the punch. #LAKERS
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Grain of salt....

OX1947 wrote:

Doc Brown wrote:

Ryan Ward ‏@Lakers_Examiner
I’m hearing TWC has made a deal with Dish Network. Not confirmed, but Dish may have beaten DTV to the punch. #LAKERS
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Grain of salt....

Dish isn't as pathetic as TWC but they are equally as stupid. No chance this is true.

Scnottaken wrote:

BDG wrote:Once again ...

Time Warner charges month-to-month, no contracts. Their basic package that will get you TWCSN is a bit over 50 bucks a month.

You can cancel any time and eliminate that bill. If you call them today, they'll probably have someone available to install within a week.

I don't anticipate this will drag on further than the beginning of November at worst.

Just making sure everyone is aware.

Pay 50 bucks this month, don't miss any games and then cancel once they reach the agreement in November.

I definitely don't recommend anyone actually switch (i.e. cancel their current service) to TWC. Had nothing but problems with them and their customer service is beyond horrible.

Can't. In a charter area.