dont have a time warner service in uk, what is it? TV?

clever troll.

lol u moron. as far as i know they make movies... so am guessing they have a tv service in america or sumin.

dude are you actually getting dumber?

You said it.

could be AOL?

ohhhhhh. yeye, could be.

I am with you on this one.

;)

clever troll.

stop projecting

yeah, I'm "projecting" because some 16 year old jackass who listens to crappy trance music and can't even spell the word 'you', whom is also known for trolling constantly (like his useless life depended on it), makes an idiotic post that's obviously 'anti-American,' because he knows his stupid European brainwashed friends will be like 'lol i got ur back son lol FUK AMERICA.'

the truth is that this moron knew that Time Warner was a corporation, and even if he didn't know what the poster was talking about, a simple look on a search engine would have turned it up.

his post is a troll.

You're such an idiot.

ok, idiot.

cable company, so TV and high-speed internet

ah like com-hem
well say so then :P

explain politely what's happened, if they refuse, continue to explain that if they don't comply you will take legal action, remain carm and polite. doesn't matter if you will or won't. if they ignore you on the phone, write a letter saying the same thing. then get a lawyer, usually all thats needed is a firm legal threat letter, lawyers are good at that, ofc it depends how bothered you are about getting your money back.

thanks =) i'm a little worried a lawyer might be more than the $200 i'd spend on paying the bill but still, i might look into it

yeah thats the trouble, then again, do some research on how they're written and they can have quite an impact. hell just looking at the piratebay threats is enough to get the idea.

i would only hire a lawyer if you want justice rather than the money, as you could earn the money back in less time than to fight it.

true =/ the only justice would be to eliminate the monopolistic hold cable companies have in america, but that would prove to be slightly difficult for someone in my position (i.e. no position)

don't really agree, as you'll quite likely earn the money back via a buisness like time warner. it's just one of those things. plus their bad service will bite back eventually.

which part don't you agree with? my having no position, time-warner being a monopoly, or that justice would be eliminating monopolies?

the monopoly thing.

lol i mean the eliminating monopoly thing, they aren't exactly a monopoly, thats all. many businesses have big market share and they have it for a reason, fact is the other providers probably aren't much better, if any better than time warner.

in america, cable works a little differently than what i think the UK does. here, each cable company has a monopoly over its own area because once a company sets up business, no other cable company can provide access to the same area, resulting in people only being able to choose between one cable company or satellite TV.

edit: well i guess it's not a TOTAL monopoly, but it is a monopoly over cable access in a certain area

thought something like that would be in place, yeah, it sucks. should never be restrictions in buisness.

In a way it makes sense, i think it's the same here as it's laying cables to people's homes. When we reach a fibre world where everyone has a cable into someone's home there will be one company that does it, but then there will be many content providers. The problem at the moment is that those who lay / own the cable into people's homes provide the content down that cable, where as with a phone system and DSL other people have the opportunity to send content down the physical channel.

don't they buy the rights to lay cable down on the roads from the government or state thus no competition in a given state, county or area?

Maybe i don't know but i'm making the distinction between transport and content. The best method is for no matter who owns the transport, someone else can provide the content for that transport which is currently not the case with cable, but it the case with DSL. The transport is stilled owned by BT but the routing / reception equipment in the terminals is owned by the companies. Hence the 'selling off of local loop'.

yes. what i mean is, they provide broadband where no one else will or can, they provide that service fairly and have every right to claim all the profits.

what would happen if you just don't pay?

they'll charge me late fees until they eventually take me to court

exactly, so if you are 100% sure you are right just don't pay and if they really drag you to court in the end they'll have to pay for your lawyer.

btw you might not want to say take legal action. say you won't pay and will fight this in court, if you recieve a notice, just pay. you might have to pay because of a contract, should dig up any documents you might have. all depends. you get the idea though. in my first post at top, i thought you had payed already.