Re: WOW's Website Re-Design in W.O.W. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9730582 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:03:46 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:03:46 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9822803 Jeremy341 : It took you to a porn site.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9822803 Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:54:59 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9820792 musicstats1 : What happened when u clicked login or whatever?

I missed this!:(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9820792 Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:23:36 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733583 imrf : Oh man, thats sad. We need this thread off the front page, and fast. This thread is just a mixture of crap post after crap post. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733583 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:48:25 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733530 Phoenix2088 : Boy have we gone off topic, I guess porn and cable companies go together though ;). We did make the BBR front page, very rare for us WOWees.
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Just takes a little porn and some cable vs sat fueding
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said by Slofco See Profile:
I'm done with you on this subject.


Finally. You pay for what you want, and I will pay for what I want. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733474 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:34:32 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733378 Slofco : I know a lot more then you think imrf and cables picture quality and prices suck. I'm done with you on this subject. Enjoy your cable tv. You must like that tv show about the 70's cuz your still living it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733378 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:22:26 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732985 imrf : I have seen the sat companies and I am not impressed with their PQ. They do not look any better than WOW's signal, they are better than Comcast's signal. I am not going to continue with this subject, we are beating a dead horse. You and a few other here like sat, that fine for you, cable is cheaper by a long shot for me and looks fine I am sticking with it. We are now way too far off topic.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732985 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:25:41 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732916 Jeremy341 : Of course a clean, uncompressed signal is going to be better than a compressed digital one. But when the analog signal is sent to your house over the cable, it loses quality. From your posts on this topic, it sounds like you've just got the worlds most perfect cable plant, because I can tell you that I've never seen a perfectly clean analog cable signal. You come to my house and put DirecTV side by side with cable (WOW or Comcast), and DirecTV easily wins.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732916 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:17:10 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732652 imrf : Even though we are off topic. I know exactly what I see, and have perfect eyes. You have no idea what you are even talking about. Almost every signal feed that is sent to WOW, Comcast or any sat provider is still ANALOG. The sat companies just digitally compress them, which in turn lowers the quality of the station. A good analog feed will ALWAYS be better than a digitally compressed picture(this does not include HDTV feeds). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732652 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:42:12 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732589 TheMetrix :
said by J D McDorce See Profile:
I thought that we were talking about the website...


Yeah, How bout them Pistons :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732589 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:32:51 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732511 Jeremy341 :
said by J D McDorce See Profile:
I thought that we were talking about the website...
Yeah, we are kind of off track now, aren't we?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732511 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:23:59 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732245 Slofco : Digital cable isn't even all digital. Only some of the channels are digital. With satellite every channel is digital. There is no comparrison with the picture quality. If you think it's just as clear you need glasses.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732245 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:43:18 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732179 J D McDorce : I thought that we were talking about the website...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9732179 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:34:29 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730790 imrf :
said by kwasmo See Profile:
Stick with your crappy cable tv :p It's your loss.


My WOW service looks identical to my two neighbors sat service, one has Dish the other DirecTV. And yes, sat can be more expensive than cable. For me with 5 tv, one being HD it will cost me total between the sat service and the non-tv rate increase for WOW over $30 more a month, for the same services.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730790 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:21:41 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730771 imrf :
said by steven s See Profile:
WOW only has 2 Michigan techs which go to homes!!


Incorrect. I have 10 buddies who work for WOW doing both installs and service calls, all live in MI.

You honestly think that switching to Comcast is going to yield better service. OK. But I would call WOW first and have them price match Comcast's promo. With Comcast after your promo is over, they will not price match competition right away, they have a 6 month wait period before they will price match after a promo.

BTW, WOW digital basic plus Ultra is $87.99 a month, Comcast on their digital promo plus Home Networking(to match downstream) will cost more than that during the promo, then will add another $20 a month after the promo.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730771 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:19:28 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730769 Jeremy341 : You can't compare satellite to basic cable. If all you want is basic, then a cable/internet bundle with WOW would be your best bet. But if you want to go with digital, it's $78 for TV/Advanced Internet with WOW, plus fees and taxes. DirecTV is $40, and Advanced Internet is $45, so it's $85, with no fees or taxes. I believe that to be a better deal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730769 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:19:20 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730721 steven s : Try getting basic TV (I really don't need any more than I already have) and WOW/Comcast comparable high speed internet for $60 with Dish and DSL/Cable Internet only.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730721 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:12:32 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730712 kwasmo : EXACTLY !!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730712 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:10:50 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730664 Jeremy341 :
said by steven s See Profile:
Satellite is too expensive
Too expensive? $39.99 per month with no tax or franchise fee is not what I'd consider too expensive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730664 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:04:58 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730639 kwasmo : Satellite cost no more then digital cable (probably even cheaper)and the quality is 2nd to none. My dish is strapped to my chimney and not even noticable. Stick with your crappy cable tv :p It's your loss. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730639 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:01:09 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730600 steven s :
said by kwasmo See Profile:
I would rather have satellite tv (which I do)then digital cable. It's waaay better. My one brother has Comcast digital (WOW's not available) and my other brother in Naperville has WOW digital cable and neither comes close to being as good as satellite :o when it comes to watching tv. Now for broadband of course I have WOW ultra. :)
Satellite is too expensive, and I don't like a dish hanging off my house.
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I HATE DSLR's NEW LOOK! [IMG SRC="http:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730600 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:56:00 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730582 kwasmo : I would rather have satellite tv (which I do)then digital cable. It's waaay better. My one brother has Comcast digital (WOW's not available) and my other brother in Naperville has WOW digital cable and neither comes close to being as good as satellite :o when it comes to watching tv. Now for broadband of course I have WOW ultra. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9730582 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:53:38 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729832 Jeremy341 : I've had techs out to my house more than twice, and I've always had different guys. So the person that told you that was either joking, or just stupid.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729832 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:05:32 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729821 steven s :
said by Jeremy341 See Profile:
said by steven s See Profile:
WOW only has 2 Michigan techs which go to homes!!
Um, how could that possibly be correct? I know for a fact that they have more than 2 techs...
I'm just saying that when we had to have a tech come to our house, it took them a week to schedule.. the excuse was "we only have 2 Michigan techs"
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I HATE DSLR's NEW LOOK! [IMG SRC="http:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729821 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:04:00 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729811 Jeremy341 :
said by steven s See Profile:
WOW only has 2 Michigan techs which go to homes!!
Um, how could that possibly be correct? I know for a fact that they have more than 2 techs...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729811 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:02:48 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729794 steven s :
said by imrf See Profile:
Then after the 6 month promo you will end up paying much more than you did with WOW and still be stuck with poor quality Comcast tv service and their internet service. Call up WOW, I bet they will match that price and probably even upgrade you to ultra. They did for me a while ago.
After the 6 month promo they will match WOW when I ask Comcast to switch.. I would rather have digital cable, and better service (WOW only has 2 Michigan techs which go to homes!!).
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I HATE DSLR's NEW LOOK! [IMG SRC="http:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729794 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:00:27 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729464 Ne1BB : Agree with the reviews, it is one unattractive web site now. Color choices are gross and the layout leaves much to be desired.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729464 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:14:34 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729458 clocks11 : One thing I will say about the WOW portal, is at least it seems to load a lot faster that Comcasts.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729458 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:14:04 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9729047 fearless345 : Just for grins do you want to see what the former Denver WOW segment portal looks like? You can find it here at ChampionBroadBand.

I think the ChampionBroadBand site looks okay, not that I really ever use it. Makes you wonder that when they 'split the sheets' so to speak that Champion got the web designers?

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I think enough people called in pointing it out that they took it off. Or the web designer was playing a joke and put that porton on and just forgot to take it off before uploading it to the server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728743 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:22:40 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728634 snarkywench : wtg, WOW. It's nice to see someone finally came to their senses there in regards to the pr0n. Now, would it be too much to ask not to force a page size on your ugly portal? Not everyone works at 1024x768. Do that, and I promise I won't complain about that God-awful portal page again. Well, until you do something monumentally stupid akin to like, putting porn links on it... or something. :D

edit: And one of these days I'll figure out which reply button is which. *g*]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728634 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:00:29 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728544 imrf : Then after the 6 month promo you will end up paying much more than you did with WOW and still be stuck with poor quality Comcast tv service and their internet service. Call up WOW, I bet they will match that price and probably even upgrade you to ultra. They did for me a while ago.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728544 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:41:11 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9728412 steven s :
said by imrf See Profile:
said by steven s See Profile:
it costs the same for faster internet...


HUH? What Comcast plans have you looked at? 3Mbps/256Kbps for $45.95 with modem rental and tv service, or 4Mbps/384Kbps for $57.95 with equipment rental and tv service.
I could get Digital Classic for 29.99 and 3/256 for 29.99, making 59.98 (promotional price)... $0.1 less than I pay for 2/300 and basic cable. Plus I get a real portal. Seems like a deal to me.
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said by Jeremy341 See Profile:
Well, it looks like WOW dropped the porn link.


Well it's a start. Maybe tomorrow we can look forward to a new revision of the site.:uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9727266 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:41:15 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9727212 Jeremy341 : Well, it looks like WOW dropped the porn link. But the craptastic site is still up. :(

If anyone here knows about web design, view the source for the portal page. You'll get a good laugh out of it. I don't know who WOW has doing their web design, but they'd be better off designing a personal site on GeoCities.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9727212 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:35:13 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726826 imrf :
said by steven s See Profile:
it costs the same for faster internet...


HUH? What Comcast plans have you looked at? 3Mbps/256Kbps for $45.95 with modem rental and tv service, or 4Mbps/384Kbps for $57.95 with equipment rental and tv service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726826 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:51:05 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726240 dweeb : LOL! I thought it was a joke but its really a porn link. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726240 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:45:23 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726187 steven s : ISP's usually provide porn blocking software... not a direct link to it on its portal. Makes me want to switch back to Comcast... it costs the same for faster internet... who knows.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9726187 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:39:11 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9724948 AMDGamer : Yes, I liked the original website that WOW had, they should go back to it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9724948 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:26:10 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9724020 imrf : Yes, WOW has stooped to a new level. They now provide HDTV and high speed internet with porn on the side, great. The powers that be at WOW better think long and hard about keeping that link on the main page without requiring the user to sign into their primary account to see that link. I really wish WOW would just go back to the original black and orange design and focus on providing us customers with better tv and internet service by adding additional services to the account, and not keep playing extreme makeover on their website. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9724020 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:49:30 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723723 Phoenix2088 : Personally I think this re-design is better than the last, but not a whole lot better either. I fixed up the caption, since some people thought it was a joke about the porn, no joke, it's real, and I meant the link, not the..... never mind. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723723 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:20:50 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723659 Jwobot : i guess if you work for wow you can sit in the office surfin porn!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723659 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:14:08 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723608 snarkywench :
said by AMDGamer See Profile:
Just got off the phone with WOW and they said that the parents or whoevers name the bill comes in must call in and complain about it. They told me that it was something that the marketing department came up with.
It's porntastic! Pornolicious! Pornabulous! Heh.

Heh, I called too and asked what their web design team was smoking. I'm all for free speech on the internet, but, come on. The poor techie I spoke with didn't really know what to say, I think. I just told him that I think WOW's a great isp and would hate to see them go down under a volley of lawsuits from little Billy's soccer mom seeing him access porn from a site that WOW's people themselves set on internet browsers during installation.

*shakes head*]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723608 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:09:06 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723437 Nabby : Oh my god, ROFL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723437 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:51:43 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723242 Jwobot : LMAO!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723242 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:34:56 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723204 AMDGamer : Just got off the phone with WOW and they said that the parents or whoevers name the bill comes in must call in and complain about it. They told me that it was something that the marketing department came up with.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723204 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:32:30 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723155 Jeremy341 : Wow, the "After Hours" link is actually a link to porn! I thought you guys were just making fun of it because of the "Members/Sign Up" thing porn sites generally do. But no, they actually link to porn. Now, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against porn. But I do not think that an ISP should be linking to it off of their portal page. That's scum bag behavior.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723155 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:28:14 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723122 nickz : Jerw134: Come on, don't hold back here, tell us how you really feel about it. ;-)

I agree with you. It looks like crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723122 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:25:30 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723089 Jeremy341 : I opened my browser, and proceeded to throw up. I honestly didn't think that they could do any worse than the old portal design. The design they had for their main site was OK, but now it just looks like shit. I don't like to swear too much on here, but I cannot think of a better word to use to describe this redesign. It is just pure and utter shit.

I have used my ISP's portal page as my home page ever since I got Internet access, and now WOW is forcing me to stop. I guess they just wanted the quality of their site to match the downhill slide their service is currently experiencing.

I wish I had 4 hands, so I could give WOW 4 thumbs down!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9723089 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:22:48 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9722904 nickz : It's pornoriffic! ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9722904 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:02:31 EDT Re: WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9722893 c1robert : It's different!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9722893 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:01:56 EDT WOW's Website Re-Design http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9722852 Phoenix2088 : It is being discussed in another thread, but since it was off another topic about WOW's old site, I thought making a new thread was appropriate. Drum Roll Please... Place in your 2 cents now about the site, portal, and the porn, oops did I say that? ;)
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