Going Knology for HDTV
I figure that I owed folks an update [because some of my friends are looking] on what it’s going to take for me to go HD.
I called Alan Davis at Knology [phone number available upon request; leave a comment and I'll send you his number], and the differential pricing from where I was with Expanded Basic is +$9.99/mo to go to digital, +$9.99/mo to go HD, and then +$12.99/ea/mo for the two CableCARDs. “It’s expensive,” he warned me. [Yeah, a cable salesman who's worried about charging the customer too much money. I really do like this guy.] So, when I look at the fact that I’m not going to be paying TiVo $20/mo. for the service, I’m essentially paying for the CableCARDs. I could do without it, but then I’d not have the dual-tuner goodness.
The lead time on the order right now will be a couple weeks. I should have this thing hooked up before the Super Bowl, then. 
[Anyone need an old 19" analog TV? I'll move it for next to nothing.]
See, when I talked to someone at Knology, they told me that the CableCARD was only $1.99 a month (after I already had digital and HD). I do not remember they guy’s name, but I did write down the case number so the next time I call back, I will definitely use that as a reference when they try to give me the $12.99 per card crap.
January 8th, 2008 at 13:24I have seen the $1.99/mo quoted in other online discussions, but in conjunction with paying for digital + HD for both CableCARDs.
January 8th, 2008 at 13:26How is Knology’s HD? Signal overall? With my TiVo and Cable Card, the majority of channels that would normally be digital are analog. I’m quite fed up with it . . .
February 20th, 2009 at 17:54Adam: I have had very good luck with Knology in HD + CableCARD + TiVo HD. Really, the only problems in my area have been some minor signal weakness issues due to the layout of my neighborhood [I live in Madison Town Centre, so it's a dense neighborhood to serve]. Knology was responsive to the Quality of Service issues, though, and I haven’t had signal problems in months.
February 21st, 2009 at 05:46