SubscribeHere’s a shocker. When the city of Wilson’s Greenlight fiber optic system was getting prepared to go live, Time Warner began flooding customers with special deals and offers to keep their business, including Road Runner, as low as $24.95 a month for two years, good only in the Wilson/Goldsboro service area of course. Road Runner customers were also offered double their existing speeds if they agreed to lock into a two year contract (making a switch to Greenlight prohibitively costly with early cancellation penalties). That offer wasn’t available to residents in nearby Raleigh, according to Brian Bowman, Public Affairs Manager of Wilson, a claim Time Warner disputes.
Needless to say, both sides claim they welcome competition, but only one of them is being honest about it. You can guess which.
Well-balanced. WRAL seems to be consistently producing excellent reports on this issue, always remembering to provide time for both sides. Good journalism.
WRAL is (technologically) a very advanced station. It was the nations first HDTV station. Glad to see that they are on top of this issue as well.
the time warner blob said that people getting a deal in raleigh will get the same deal as wilson? bull shit, show me your average down speed for the raleigh metropolitan area, show me the down speed for durham greesboro regions, i’ll bet all my cookies that wilsons fiber lines are upgraded because of competition enforced by the city. Don’t buy the shennigans that time warner is trying to fluff off.
Yea, I bet they aren’t offering those sweet deals in Rochester, lol.