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By layne

September 5, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this

i don`t want it on the basic package i think if people want it they should be able to order it though i think we pay enough for basic as it is

By BIG TEN TRUTH

September 2, 2007 8:28 PM | Link to this

BIG TEN NETWORK IS OWNED 49 % by DIRECT TV. Is there any wonder why it wants so much money from cable providers. I read today that the Big Ten network costs cable providers 1.10 per month per customer. They stand to make 300 million Dollars this year from cable. That is crazy. I also looked up some info on ESPN. TWC pays .55 per month per customer for ESPN. Why does the Big Ten Network Cost so much? Why is it only .10 cents per month for Customers in Other states like West Virginia?

By BIG TEN TRUTH

September 2, 2007 8:27 PM | Link to this

BIG TEN NETWORK IS OWNED 49 % by DIRECT TV. Is there any wonder why it wants so much money from cable providers. I read today that the Big Ten network costs cable providers 1.10 per month per customer. They stand to make 300 million Dollars this year from cable. That is crazy. I also looked up some info on ESPN. TWC pays .55 per month per customer for ESPN. Why does the Big Ten Network Cost so much? Why is it only .10 cents per month for Customers in Other states like West Virginia?

By ALF

September 1, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

I not only called TWC in Northern Ohio, I went in and talked to them.

Talk about being RUDE! I was told that TWC was in the business to make money, and not to provide football games to the community for what amounts to be FREE.

I was told I would have to subscribe to a new Sports Tier of channels. Which I was told could cost between $7.50 and $12.50 per month ON top of the cost of digital cable.

This is just highway robbery. Where is congress? I am really sick of the continual talk about of elected officials that not having regulation will make things cheaper. It might work IF there was real competition. But there is none. Cable is Cable, dish is dish. The only competition is via what we can get from an antenna. And where I live the city does not permit them on the roof. A Dish has to be mounted in the yard (great for the kids).

Who should I be mad at?

The Big Ten for wanting to make money by selling their product ?

The BIG TEN NETWORK for how they control the service ?

Time Warner for how they want to market it ?

I do not know who I should be mad at! So, I am just going to be MAD has HELL and I do not want to have to take it anymore! (paraphrased from “Network”)

By Hawkeyes

September 1, 2007 11:22 PM | Link to this

We have the same problem here in Iowa, BTN and Mediacom can’t come to terms, so none of us here in eastern Iowa will get the games. BTN is a bunch of Greedy Bastards. I hate Mediacom, but I hope they don’t cave to BTN’s demands.

At this weekend’s Hawkey Huddle Pep rally out on Navy Pier in Chicago, they announced the BTN TV Crew was there and to show our Hawkeye Pride…they were boo’d soundly, lots of single finger salutes.

BOYCOTT BTN, send them packing

By boardmanbuckey

September 1, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this

I was at the game today and when a promo for the Big Ten Network came on the jumbotron, everyone booed.It was quite funny.

By Penguin Fan

September 1, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

It was baffling today to understand that I had to listen on the radio to a OSU vs Youngstown State football game today. I live in Youngstown Ohio. I did not even see it on a local Youngstown cable channel. Good job Big Ten Network- You are worth what you get!

By PSU fan

September 1, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

I am a PSU fan near Philadelphia and we suffer the same fate as Comcast has not come to terms with the Big Ten. Personally, Comcast is a terrible provider in its own right, but they, just like Time Warner, are not at fault. It is the over greedy Big Ten at fault. Instead of fans getting to see the games they want on ESPN and even local TV for the price of normal cable, they want to extract even more money than the millions they already make. Down with BTN!!

By footballfan01

September 1, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

Uh, all of the Time Warner bashers need to sit back and think before spouting off at the mouth. True, they might be a horrible cable provider, BUT, why is it their fault that the BTN has taken the games out of the fans hands just to make more money. The BIG TEN NETWORK is the enemy here. They want to CHARGE you to watch the very games that we used to watch for free. Get a grip people and realize its the BTN’s fault, unless you like paying for something that used to be free!

By Sad Buckeye fan

September 1, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

I agree with the assessment of Time Warner. The OSU games used to be free on local stations in Dayton. We are paying too much & not even getting the stations we want. I plan to watch the Buckeye/Youngstown St. game on my computer & am seriously considering cancelling Time Warner Cable/telephone/intenet service. We need all of our Buckeyes games to be broadcast! This is a big mistake Time Warner….you will lose customers this fall.

By I HATE BTN

August 31, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

LETS JUST REMEMBER ONE THING HERE………..THE BIG TEN NETWORK TOOK FROM US OUR OSU GAMES THAT USE TO BE FREE ON TV JUST SO THEY COULD MAKE A BIG PROFIT…….WHO IS AT FAULT HERE?…….IS IT REALLY TWC’S FAULT…..NO ITS NOT…..BLAME THE BTN FOR MAKING MONEY OFF OF GAMES THAT USE TO BE FREE……AND THE ONLY REASON THAT DIECT TV HAS IT IS BECAUSE OF PART OWNERSHIP…..I SAY DOWN WITH THE BTN AND PUT THE GAMES BACK ON TV…………………..

By buckeyefan01

August 31, 2007 12:40 AM | Link to this

Oh, 1 more thing. They hate this. Cancel the service! I was paying twice as much being advertised on a special. I called them 4 the lower rate. They said it was for NEW cust only. So I said, cancel me! ‘New cust’ meant 30 days before I could start back up. I went down the next day, turned in my modem and DVR. Since it took them 3 weeks to disconnect me, I was only w/out cable for a week. And I got the rate I wanted! TW sucks. Plain & simple. we need more providers!!!!!

By buckeyefan01

August 31, 2007 12:32 AM | Link to this

When I lived in Columbus, we had a choice! With Insight I paid $32/mo for digital cable. Think Time Warner would do that? The point is we pay (AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT) for a service. And now we aren’t getting the level of quality we are paying for. If U want hooked up, wait 3 weeks. They suck! But what choice is there? Time Warner has a monopoly in this area. & if it takes the BTN to get people demadning more providers, GREAT! CARRY THE CHANNEL!

By Kyle

August 30, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this

Why can’t the corporate bastards for once, just once, think about the customer and not fattening their pockets. The BTN was set up so the Big Ten fans could watch their teams, not so exec’s could get rich and screw the public more than they already do. These people are a disgrace. All of them can kiss my a**.

By Woody Hayes rotting corpse

August 30, 2007 9:50 PM | Link to this

Benoit yourselves Buckeye douche holes

By painfultruth

August 30, 2007 9:05 PM | Link to this

A. ALL companies exist to make a profit. B. FOOTBALL? This is a crisis? C. You people are less than morons!

By MP

August 30, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

CALL 1-866-WANT-B10 or TW directly and demand that TW carry the network!!! That’s what I did and i feel better already.

Let’s remember. Not only is Football affected by this. BASKETBALL is too!

By Gre

August 30, 2007 6:43 PM | Link to this

I’m not too sure what the problem is with Time Warner, but I know of a sure fire way to solve it, the step I took. Imagine what an impact it would make if lots of peolple, maybe even all, demanded that their service be cut off. Instead of making nasty phone calls and such, just tell them to turn off the cable, or are we so addicted to it, that we really aren’t interested in making a statement, just a bunch of noise. Make a statement, disconnect it.

By Mikey

August 30, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

TIME WARNER IS THE BIGGEST EXCUSE FOR A CABLE PROVIDER! THEY HAVE THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEIR HIGH RATES ARE TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. I CANCELLED MY CABLE SERVICE WITH THEM THIS PAST WEEK, BUT NOT FOR JUST NOT CARRYING THE BIG TEN NETWORK..EVEN THOUGH THATS THE LEAST THEY SHOULD OFFER FOR RAPING THEIR CUSTOMERS WALLETS. ONCE COMPETITION MOVES IN THE AREA, WHICH WILL BE RELATIVELY SOON, TIME WARNER WILL BE BEGGING TO KEEP THE FEW SUCKERS, I MEAN CURRENT CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE LEFT.

By Scott

August 30, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

I also am a Timewarner customer. I can’t say that I really care for the company myself. I live in Sidney,Ohio it is true, one big monopoly.We have no other choice of cable providers because they keep them out. Timewarner has the WORST customer service,the WORST programming and the last people they care about is their customers. There is no reason why Timewarner cannot pick up the Big 10 Network at no extra cost to the consumer and get rid of some of the crap channels nobody watches.A******S!

By Bucknut

August 30, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this

Yeah sounds like you attended one of those schools Jesse B…

By Glenn

August 30, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Time Warner not only has prevented us from seeing OSU they have dropped Ch. 10 that carries more of the Browns games than Dayton stations do. No Bucks and no Browns. Might as well cancel weekends this fall.

By Jesse B.

August 30, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

The Big Ten should remove the Buckeye and put the Buckeye in a league with Sinclair and the University of Phoenix. Go Spartans!

By Old Scratch

August 30, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

Time-Warner=greed. Ohio State/Big Ten=greed. It’s the American Way people! There is a sucker born every minute. If you gotta have it. You gotta pay. Too bad you have nothing better to do with your time and resources. Dumb jocks and beer commercials! What a deal!

By Jeff

August 30, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

A VCR won’t work with Time Warner’s digital service. So you have to get a DVR from them which is more money in their pocket. Time Warner, who is fooling who?

By dave

August 30, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

TW, you’re a rip and we hate you.

By Jeff Steinmetz

August 30, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

Time Warner says it would add 1.10 to our cable bill if they added the Big Ten Network. I say so what, if it wasn’t that, they would raise the bill for something else. Both the Big Ten Network and the NFL network want Time Warner to put their channels on their cable system’s basic expanded cable line up. Time Warner wants to put the Big Ten Network and the NFL Network on their digital cable line up which is way more expensive than their basic expanded cable package. Also,you have to get a DVR.

By alice

August 30, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

TW Employee:

Do you brag about being a TW employee in person publicly or just on the net? Are you really proud? Are you serious?

By alice

August 30, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this

I am a long-time TW subscriber and it sucks, but satellite has it’s own downfalls. Time Warner has poor customer service and is SO expensive it should be illegal. The box rarely works right, especially for premium channels, my remote sucks, it took us 2 weeks to get RR working. There is no way TW is concerned about the $1.10 hike - I bet they could add it and still LOWER the cost and STILL make a huge profit! I will be one of the first to go with a competitor if they come.

By Cindy

August 30, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

Time Warner in Charlotte sucks! We are former Ohioians and my husband loves OSU games. We still visit Dayton every few months. It’s going to very disappointing to him when he finds out he can’t watch the game this Saturday.

By Cindy

August 30, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

Time Warner in Charlotte sucks! We are former Ohioians and my husband loves OSU games. We still visit Dayton every few months. It’s going to very disappointing to him when he finds out he can’t watch the game this Saturday.

By dig dan + true buck = gay

August 30, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

dig dan and true buck sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

By dig dan

August 30, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

Don’t worry true buck, JoePa and this other true idiot will be laughing all the way to the Blue Oyster tonight as they sip drinks and hold hands.

By True Buck is a True Idiot!!!

August 30, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

True Buck, your post makes no sense whatsoever. I can see why you got an “F” in your logic class. Go online and see which conference the experts say is the toughest. We all know that the answer is the SEC. Now quit being such a baby!

By True Buck is a True Idiot!!!

August 30, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

True Buck, your post makes no sense whatsoever. I can see why you got an “F” in your logic class. Go online ans see which conference the experts say is the toughest. We all know that the answer is the SEC. Now quit being such a baby!

By JoePa

August 30, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this

Scheduling one team makes a strong schedule? ROTFLMAO!

duhOSU will be exposed as the frauds they are this year!

By True Buck

August 30, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

I’m tired of everyone saying OSU has a weak schedule THIS YEAR!! We played Texas back to back, now we’re playing Washington (Who used to be good when we scheduled the game)USC the following two years, Miami for two years after that and then Oklahoma for a back to back. That’s about eight years in a row scheduling one of the top programs in the country. Nuff said!! And the SEC claims their the best conference, it’s like the immature friends always talking behind everyone’s back.

By BMitchell

August 30, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

The BTN wants to charge the cable co. 1.10 per viewer in the 8 state area that have BT schools. They are only charging >10 to the other 42 states. I don’t think that is fair to the BT supporters locally.

By Heather

August 30, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this

I would much rather watch the Buckeyes than the NFL, Time Warner is making a huge mistake and probably lose many customers. I bet the College games get more viewers than that of the NFL, which is only full of thieves, wife beaters, dead beat dads, and animal abusers. Why would we want to watch them over college students who play for the sport not the almighty dollar?!

By buxka

August 30, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this

Back to the topic boys and girls. Scott is correct. This is mostly the GREED of FOX. The have taken the BCS games and eventually will show the championship on PPV. I don’t think the Big 10 would have started this network without Fox’s help.

By Orion33

August 30, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

All Time Warner cares about is money. Thats all they care about. The problem is that they have a monopoly in the Dayton area so no other cable company can get in and get them to lower their prices. I hated Time Warner when I had it. Fortunately I live in Columbus and do have Insight cable, because TWC sucked big time. Its Ohio, Ohio State Football, alot of people follow it so Time Warner needs to get on the ball NOW!! If I still lived in Dayton I would have upgraded to satellite a long time ago!

By DAS

August 30, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Cancel everthing! Cable and Satellite - send your message. Everyone is doing exactly what the cable/satellite companies want you to do Fight. Fight for what? A game? Let us fight for our troops to bring them home. Now that is worth something. Switching from cable to satellite and back is not answer. Sh…t rolls down the hill and it will all shake out and the consumers will foot the bill in the end regardless which service you have.

By Big Dan

August 30, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this

Pearl, your nothing but a tool yourself.

By MichiganBlows

August 30, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this

Great, the first game they are showing on BTN is Michigan vs Applachain St. Last time I checked Michigan is 0-4 against them the last four years. Oh my bad they are 0-4 against Ohio State the last four year! Also 0-4 in their bowl games the last four years, damn I would hate to be a Wolverine fan.

By OSU Fan 65 pounds overweight

August 30, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this

My wish is for you to be able to verbally loust with me but that is beyond your reach. The only thing within your reach is a deep-fried twinkie. Oink, oink!

By OSU Fan 65

August 30, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this

You could only wish idiot!

By Brutus

August 30, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

Hey RIck ND fan, have fun watching the irish lose at least 5 games this year. No more auto BCS bid. Haha!!!

By Mich Hater

August 30, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

I llike the “ComOnOSU” guy. Anyone that gets up at 4:42 AM to complain about the administration can’t be all bad. And I think it’s the cable guys fault. If Direct can do it why not cable? Also, Direct gives a much better and clearer picture. GO BUCKS!

By Pearl

August 30, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this

Its funny to see how people come on here and act all tough through an anonymous internet name. Be a man and meet up in real life to settle your differences. We all know that won’t happen because people who talk smack online never back it up in real life. How pathetic.

By OSU Fan 65

August 30, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

OSU Fan 65 is in that picture: You could only hope to get someone like that and as for someone like me….I am way out of your league! You couldn’t get anyone close to me! It’s obvious you are not an OSU fan, they don’t live in a little whole like you do! I bet your girlfriend is a toothless welfare wench!

By MichiganBlows wears sequin shoes

August 30, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

The only way that your statement is true is if you have a pair of Michael Jackson shoes. That says a lot about your “preferences”, doesn’t it?

By MichiganBlows OSU

August 30, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this

I think you need to hook up with “OSU Fan 65”. You could have some nice little piglets together.

By buxka

August 30, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

You have to remember that the picture shown here is from DAYTON and NOT OSU. Go to Varsity Club or anywhere else on Lane Ave. before, during and after the game and you’ll see plenty of hotties.

By MichiganBlows

August 30, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this

Hell ya Im a OSU fan and alumni and Im proud as hell about it. Seven national championships in football so get off our nuts. Don’t type stupid comments if you arent prepared to get bashed for them. Oh and by the way I got one pair of shoes with laces worth more than your whole wardrobe, so I wouldnt go there.

By Jesse B.

August 30, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

The Buckeye suck. I am a Michigan State fan. I am glad that the game will not be televised.

By OSU Fan 65 is in that picture

August 30, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

I think YOU’RE the one in the picture! Oink, oink!

By HuberTucky

August 30, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

PART 2: What IS very interesteing is that we as citizens of Ohio pay for and support our universities through taxes, and then they tell us we can’t enjoy watching the athletics we’ve already paid for UNLESS we spend more $ to support a for-profit enterprise that the university athletic departments have cut big financial deals with. What a scam! WAHT a rip off! No wonder high school football is is popular!

By HuberTucky

August 30, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

Not only does this speak to the wonderful world of government- sponsored and subsidized corporate monopolies, but it speakls loudly to a firm that TRULY does not care about the interests of its customers. #1 concern: Profit. Customers and employees are a distant second (except for upper management salaries and perks, of course).

By MichiganBlows is retarded

August 30, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

Hey, dummy. The Sinclair/Youngstown comment was a facetious one. How can you be so stupid? Oh, yeah, you’re an OSU fan. I bet that’s why none of your shoes have laces because they always end up in knots, you twit.

By OSU Fan 65

August 30, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

How mature are you??? I’ll bet that is your mother and you are just embarrassed!

By MichiganBlows

August 30, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

Bill you say we start with a weak schedule, well look at Florida’s first game vs Western Kentucky, I wouldn’t exactly call that a tough game for florida. LSU plays Mississippi State which for the past 6 years has sucked big time. For the Gomer that said Sinclair can beat Youngstown, you sir are a moron because Sinclair doesnt even have a football team. Good day.

By OSU Fan 65 is an idiot

August 30, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

Truth is, it isn’t my mother. OHIO stands for, “oh, hell, I’m obese”.

By Cable Hater

August 30, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

I wrote my last check to Time-Warner over 10 years ago and went to Satellite and have never regretted my decision. While I’m watching the game Saturday, maybe I’ll take the time to post the score occasionally for all you Time-Warner cronies. Have fun watching your “On-Demand”

By OSU Fan 65

August 30, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

You people that want to make fun of the women on the picture for being as you say “fat”, need to grow up! What if that was your mother? Would you like to hear people say that about her? And the rest of you that say that the Buckeyes are not all that? Well, I don’t know what world you are living in but around here you are in BUCKEYE COUNTRY! Why can’t people think they are all that? It gives them something to look forward to! OH — IO!

By MichiganBlows

August 30, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

Time Warner sucks big time. I tried telling them a million times to get NFL network and BTN and everytime they said it wasn’t likely anytime soon. So I said screw them and switched to Directv which is cheaper and has better channels. Time Warner is only good for road runner people, so smarten up and switch to Directv and make them suffer. I will be enjoying the 8pm lauch tonight on my Directv. All I need is two channels, NFL network and BTN, both of which is not offered by the TW. BOO!

By Tim my opinion tha

August 30, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

Time warner is wrong for not Televising all the OSU football games, it’s bad enough I can’t watch all the Browns games on TV, now I have to miss some of the Buckeyes games too, in my opinion that SUCKS!!!!.

By Bill

August 30, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

I agree that the SEC is a far better football conf than the Big 10 and more fun to watch-by the way they actually have a championship game unlike the Big 10. And it is on network TV! Check out the stats of Ohio State or Big 10 against the SEC-be afraid…be very afraid when you go against the SEC post season. The big 10 is so good that OSU starts out with Youngstown State and Michigan starts with Apalachian State (don’t even think that is a real school)—In a few short months we may have an extra channel to pay for and get to see OSU bowling, Indiana Volleyball, Northwestern Marching Band, Purdue Gymnastics-Remember BIG 10 is not the OSU channel-there are 10 other schools and many other sports-gee I can’t wait!!!!

By Buxluvr

August 30, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

Drew…let me introduce myself as someone who switched back from satellite to cable…we do exist.

Just read an intersting article at lunch in the Buckeye Sports Bulletin regarding this subject. It wasn’t that long ago that not every game was televised anyway. They were big events, times to gather with friends and party…otherwise, we simply listened to them on the radio. We’ve been spoiled. It’s a few games, against weak competition. We need to get over it and move on. Go BUCKS!

By captmorganscotch

August 30, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Hey! Doesn’t any of these big companies or universities think of the little guys like small bars. Small bar owners who will lose a tremendous amount of business because we can’t get the games for our customers. Remember, it is the little guys that pay the bills so you greedy execs can live your lifestyle.

Thanks alot!!!

By Bob

August 30, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this

Time Warner stinks! No NFL Network and now no Big Ten Network. High prices and a bunch of junk!

I would switch to Direct TV if they had 12 channells of HBO and HBO on Demand like Time Warner.

By Bob540

August 30, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

Its just a game. Why get blown up about it? Maybe get your face out of the tube and spend some time outdoors or with the kids/grandkids? OF COURSE this is all about greed, on everyone’s part. A taxpayer-supported school with primadonna athletes, an inferior schedule, from an inferior conference, is greedy. The cable company is greedy. That is life: Anything you are willing to pay more for will not be seen for less. Get ready for more price hikes, Big 10 suckers!

By Drew

August 30, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

Hey TW Employee

Have fun continually losing costumers to satelite. I am not misinformed, satelite is better than cable. I have never known anyone to ever go back to cable when they have had a satelite. TW has a monopoly and will not negotiate and continually raise your rates without offering anything new. TW let me leave. Do you offer 190 channels for under $50 with the NFL and BTN. Check Mate.

By OSU Fatties

August 30, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this

I imagine the reason that none of the OSU men posting here noticed the rather large “women” in the picture that accompanied the article is because they have a woman just like that at home.

Oink Oink!

By Rowdy

August 30, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

I say “no thanks” to the Big Ten Network and its slate of second-tier games. The marquee games will still be on ABC/ESPN.

By Rick

August 30, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

ND has a weak schedule? At least they don’t open with a I-AA team. Can’t play a powerhouse every week. Have to have your powder puffs like Youngstown State too.

By Cable Informer

August 30, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

This is exactly why having a cable monopoly really stinks. If only we could get either Cox Cable, or Insight Cable or one of the others up here. There are far too few satellite subscribers for TWC to care or pay attention to.

I for one am really looking forward to AT&T-U-Verse. TWC is too big and they have just stopped caring about their subscribers. TWC is talking about how expensive it would be to carry the Big-10 Network? Has anyone taken a look at TWC’s latest quarterly reports?

By Carl cannot spell

August 30, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

Carl, you are laughable. You say that “SEC football is for stupid people” and yet you cannot spell. Shame on you, you ignorant twit.

By Cable Informer

August 30, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

This is exactly why having a cable monopoly really stinks. If only we could get either Cox Cable, or Insight Cable or one of the others up here. There are far too few satellite subscribers for TWC to care or pay attention to.

I for one am really looking forward to AT&T-U-Verse. TWC is too big and they have just stopped caring about their subscribers. TWC is talking about how expensive it would be to carry the Big-10 Network? Has anyone taken a look at TWC’s latest quarterly reports?

By c deck

August 30, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this

There are no “good guys” in this situation. It’s all about the almighty dollar, and 80% of the Big Ten conference’s fanbase are the losers. I am going to download the game from bittorent and call DirecTV to get hooked up. I’m a Buckeye fan and I’m going to see the games. I just wonder how many subscribers jumping ship it will take for Time Warner to notice. It won’t matter to them, they will just jack up the fee for those of you that stay.

By OSU Lover-Boy

August 30, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this

Anyone notice the UN-ATTRACTIVE fatties cheering on the buckeyes in the picture…the one’s pumping her fist saying” Steak Steak O-H-I-Ohhhhhhhh man I’m so hungry and ugly.

By ND stinks too!

August 30, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this

I’d be ashamed of claiming to be a Notre Dame fan. They typically have one of the easiest schedules in the NCAA. Just because the networks choose to show them every weekend, they never play anyone of merit, and end up almost losing most of the games to boot.

By DAR

August 30, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this

Everyone cancel everything. I have done the switch from TW cable to Direct TV and back and back again. I have had problems with all of them. All cable and satellite companies are out to make money. All companies are out to make money there is no mystery there. Consumers can just STOP all cable/satellite service and send a message. BUT most consumer’s can’t due to our TV addiction. What else is there to live for, but TV. I love the Buckeye’s, but I am not obsessed.

By Carl

August 30, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

SEC football is for stupid people, you know nothing, to put it plain and simple it is dunb a**es that watch SEC football. Big Ten is the ONLY smart football or smart people.

By Fair-View

August 30, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

OSU isn’t all that people. Big 10 isn’t all that people! Who really cares all that much. We have crime issues, we have people homeless all over (not to only include N.O., LA) people loosing homes because of F’d up loans. We have a war going on. It’s OSU vs. Yourgstown state. And the kicker is, two HUGE $ making orgs. like the Big Ten and TWC can’t come together. MONEY MONEY MONEY..Watch Tenn Vs. Cal for FREE Sat night with rabit ears if you want.

By Rick

August 30, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

Just another reason to be a ND fan. We have our own home schedule network!!!!

By OSU Crybabies

August 30, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

What’s the big deal anyway? Ohio State is (and has always been) highly overrated. The BCS championship game is a testament to that. It should have been an all SEC championship game between LSU and Florida. It would have been a MUCH better game.

If I were an alumni of OSU, I’d be ashamed of their easy football schedule. Who cares if Ohio State can beat Youngstown? Sinclair Community College could beat Youngstown.

Don’t raise a stink until OSU actually plays a decent schedule.

By A TWC employee

August 30, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

Hey Drew, I feel your pain from being so misinformed. My salary/commissions/benefits are far above minimum wage. BTW, the reason you get such a quick response with your satellite company is because they have considerably less customers to deal with than TWC. I heard that you can put around 300 chicken wings on a satellite dish, plus a bowl of hot sauce! Unbolt that sucker and give it a try!! Have a wonderfull day!!

By Jamie

August 30, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

I think its a bunch of crap! If Time Warner actually cared about there customers which we all know they dont due to crappy customer service they would show them on the new net work. They must be a bunch of DumbA$$ blue fans.

By kevin smith

August 30, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

i’m mad anyway just because i live in ohi i keep getting e-mails from t.w. about ohio state and i couldn’t care less…GO BLUE!!

By Corey

August 30, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

This is all Time Warner Cable. Here we have a company that is not afraid to raise their prices on a whim, but suddenly they care about the $1.10 added for Midwest customers and the $.10 added to non-midwest customers. The BTN wants it added to the standard tier so that Time Warner Customers don’t have to pay $5-10 for an upgrade to some higher level tier. Please somebody bring a non-dish competitor for this crappy company into the Dayton area.

By Steve

August 30, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

The reasoning for packaging everything together is to reduce cost, but you get channels you do not want. Some have been advocating “al-a-carte” programming where you pay by the channel, which sounds good, but unless you are subscribing to significantly fewer channels then the packages, you would most likely end up paying more. The per per channel idea would likely require a set-top box in every home, individually programmed to only descramble the channels you pay for, increasing costs more.

By Seth

August 30, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

TW is not being evil or greedy when it comes to not coming to an agreement with the BTN. The BTN will not allow TW to offer the channel on anything other than one of the most basic packages. This means a lot of people who could not care less about sports would have to pay the $1.10 extra a month for a channel they will not watch. However, what about all of us who pay for networks like (name your least fav. station here). So a simple question for TW, why not have all stations be ala carte?

By Eric

August 30, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

I have been a loyal Buckeye fan for 40+ years and will NOT call and request the game(s) be televised on my local Time-Warner Cable service. This is just another attempt to “stick it to the comman man” and squeeze another few dollars from him. I can listen on the radio…or better yet go to a Miami, Dayton, Ball State, or Bowling Green game and read about the Buckeyes the next day. Have a nice time Big 10 athletics. (The American way: suck every nickel outta merchandising these kids.)

By Scott

August 30, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

This is about FOX Sports & News Corp. Fox owns most of DirectTV. Fox owns 49% of the Big10 network. Fox wants to do this for the ACC, SEC, Pac10, etc.

They will then have monopoly of college sports and it will be very unlikely that games will be on ABC, ESPN for free in the coming years. Everything will be pay-per-view if they get their way.

I am getting DirectTV, but for the Rugby World Cup. I hope that the cable companies don’t cave because if they do it will be their undoing and ours…

By Doug Anderson Jr

August 30, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

I say everyone go to their local sports bar and watch the game for free there, good food, good fun, GO BUCKS!!!

By DREW

August 30, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

Hey TW Employee,

I am sure that time Warner is happy to have you for a minimum wage salary so your CEO can get a 50 million dollar bonus. BTW, when I call Direct TV, I get a customer service rep on the line within 1 minute. Your company is lucky to call me back that day. TW also puts you on a two to three week waiting list to have your cable installed or fixed. Do yourself a favor and quite defending your company that overprices its product and gives you a crappy lineup

By A TWC employee

August 30, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

Hey Drew, Are you trying to convince me of how great your satellite is or, are you trying to convince yourself? I believe the latter. “To thine own self be true”. A friendly tip: Satellite dishes make great party trays while you’re watching TW Cable. :)

By KELLY

August 30, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this

Seriously, it’s a $1 something more a month on the basic cable package. Time Warner needs to suck it up, quit being greedy, and add it to basic cable instead of playing god with the sports channels. What’s next, take away ESPN??

By Vest

August 30, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

This is all George Bush’s fault. If he wasn’t such a Big 11 fan this would never had happened. I, for one, am glad TW is refusing to give into this obvious extortion attempt. I don’t like sports and I do not want to pay any more than I do now just so a minority (that’s right, Sports Fan, most folks just don’t care) of subscribers can watch 5 or 6 ball games this fall.

By Harry

August 30, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this

If TW is so great why did I have to wait for 2 weeks for my cable to get fixed!!! I do not understand having to increase price. There are a bunch of channels on TW that I do not watch, MTV, VH1, BET, QVC, CNN, MSNBC, FX, E, WE, Oxygen, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie, etc.. and I have to pay for that crap. TW should include BTN in the digital tier package! I think I will stop the rant and call Direct!