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A former coworker had a cable card. It was a pain to get set up and only through stuborn persistence was he able to get it set up and working. I think he filed
by acomjean 6y ago
A former coworker had a cable card. It was a pain to get set up and only through stuborn persistence was he able to get it set up and working. I think he filed and fcc complaint to get the cable company to talk to him about it (this was years ago) Eventually it stopped again and he gave up.
Great idea, terrible implementation.
- mleo 6y agoThat is about par for course on any service offered by cable companies. I had three different TiVos with cablecard support and I had very no issues getting the cable company, Verizon FiOS initially and Frontier later, to install them and configure them. A year ago, I gave up on cable and went to OTA, but that was just due to cost and nothing to do with service.
- sixothree 6y agoI have a Tivo Bolt. Getting the cablecard was a nightmare. I had 4 technicians come to my house (yes to install a cablecard). I got placed on hold for 90 minutes. I told them they were acting in bad faith and things started to turn around. What this suggested to me was my box rental (small increase over the cable card rental) and my viewing history were worth the price of those technician visits and tech support time. For me it was certainly worth it. For the record, Tivo is one of the best television experiences. I did return the cablecard a year or two ago and use it OTA only.