Connectivity Source

             Newsletter June 2016  

 

 

 


     

 

 

 

MERGER NEWS

To our Partners,


You may have heard the exciting news. Spectrum Business, Time Warner Cable Business Class, and Bright House Networks have come together to form a new company.  As our valued Partner, we want to provide you information about what this means to you, both now and in the future.

Our new company will be providing advanced communications and cloud services to over one million business customers, and we are one of the largest communications services providers in the country and the largest provider in many major cities that we serve. 

But we don't intend to stop there.  Over the next 4 years we plan to make significant investments to expand our commercial network. Our greater scale will offer business customers advanced technology and product innovations to address the growing demands for increased bandwidth, scalability, reliability and mobility. In addition, we will be implementing best practices across the new integrated company to support our continued focus on delivering industry-leading customer service and support.

SERVICE CONTINUITY

As you might guess, our long-term vision will take time to execute due to the complexities of combining our three companies.  In the immediate term, your services won't change as we work in the background and prepare to deliver the benefits enabled by our combined companies.   So for now, you can expect to have the same experience with our partner support teams, online, on your customer's bill, and if applicable with your services with no changes or disruption to your business.

UP-TO-DATE COMMUNICATIONS

As we prepare for future changes, we intend to keep you informed by sending you important updates.  Our goal is to perform changes with transparency and operational excellence, and we encourage your feedback during this process.  Your current assigned Channel Manager will be reaching out to you in the coming weeks to answer any questions that you may have regarding the new company.

We are also providing similar communications to your Spectrum Business and/or Bright House Networks and/or Time Warner Cable Business Class customers and you can access spectrum.com/merger for the latest integration information and updates from an end-user customer perspective.   

As always, thanks for being our Partner, and we look forward to continuing to provide leading edge technology and exceptional service to your business.


Sincerely,

Greg Iuzzolino

VP SMB Channel Partners

Charter Communications

 

 

 

 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS
June Training Links
  

Congratulations to Chris Walter @ Castle Computing! Chris won the Bose speaker by attending Thursdays Time Warner / Charter Merger and Navisite call.
 



 

 

Spectrum Business® | Partner Program - You Are Invited

 

 

Upcoming Partner Trainings 

Build your knowledge base on Spectrum Business products and services

Topic: Voice Services (SIP and PRI) 

Who should attend:

-     All customer-facing Sales Partners
-       Back Office Team Leads
-       Anyone else that wants to learn more about Spectrum Business products

Please plan on joining both calls, Training Part 1 & 2.  The material and discussions build upon each other.

Training Part 1:  Product overview.  What it is, what it does, why do customers buy, how to quote/order

Why Attend: Learn about the Spectrum product, our language and be confident in the solution.  Product knowledge is one of the most important tool for closing sales.

Scheduled: Tuesday 6/14/2016 at 1:00 pm (MST)

Register: https://chartercom.webex.com/chartercom/j.php?RGID=r24fa614689b76e8d81e28a78f83a6be0 

Training Part 2: "Ask the experts" open Q&A; Co-hosted by Product Management

Why Attend: Ask the tough questions, get the straight answers!  

Scheduled: Wednesday 6/15/2016 at 2:00 pm (MST)

Register: https://chartercom.webex.com/chartercom/j.php?RGID=r3ac4fd940bb40fb6e0fc2c790078c041

*Please email your feedback to Mitch Lopez at: mitch.lopez@charter.com

 

 

 

 

 


Deployments of MAXX Tiers in Wilmington, Greensboro and Kentucky Will Keep Your Customers Up to Speed
 
Summary:
New tiers for Business Internet with faster upload and download speeds are now available in the following hubs:
Greensboro
  • King
  • Rural Hall
  • Kernersville
  • Elkin
These new tiers were created to address customer needs for greater upload and download speeds. They will be of special interest to customers who use bandwidth-intensive applications, such as video conferencing and collaboration tools, for their business. These new tiers reiterate TWCBC's commitment to delivering services that help our customers increase business productivity.
Existing customers and new prospects are eligible to subscribe to these new Business Internet tiers once they become available.
The new tiers are as follows:
  • 100Mx10M
  • 200Mx15M
  • 300Mx20M
Product Availability:
The new speed tiers will continue to be made available throughout Greensboro, on a hub-by-hub basis through 2016. This hub-by-hub strategy will allow TWCBC to bring these tiers to market quicker. ZIP codes where these speeds are offered are provided below. All remaining hubs (and nodes) in Greensboro and Wilmington are due to be upgraded by July 2016. Remaining hubs scheduled for this year in San Diego will be upgraded by November 2016. Kentucky is scheduled to be complete by May 2016. Hudson Valley is scheduled to be complete by July 2016. Product advisories will be sent as new hubs are ready for Sales to start selling.


Released Hubs
Wilmington
HUB
Hub Number
Wilmington (Dawson Street)
WL
Elizabethtown
ET
Leland
LA
Southport
SP
Swansboro
SW
Pink Hill
DP
 
Greensboro
HUB
Hub Number
Maple
M
Archdale
A
Asheboro
AS
Sapp Road
SP
High Point
HP
Glencoe
G
Lee
L
Bellemont
B
Thomalex
TL
North Davidson
ND
Bermuda Run
BR
Dobson
DB
King
KG
Rural Hill
RH
Kernersville
K
Elkin
EL
 
Kentucky
HUB
Hub Number
Morganfield (Providence)
PV
Madisonville (Dawson Springs)
DS
Shepherdsville
SS
Jasper Hub
JA
Edgewood/Covington
AX,CT,FM, HL, NR, TM, WS
Bowling Green HE
BG
Okolona
OK
Garfield
GF
New Albany
CD, GI, NA
Valley Station
RC, VL
Westport
WP
Evansville
EV
 
ZIP codes associated with completed nodes (in a hub) are listed below. Please note that a ZIP code is served by multiple nodes, and that one node in a given ZIP code does not indicate full coverage for all businesses in that ZIP code. Please check the indicators in Salesforce and the full hub list located in BC Source at the following link:
Greensboro ZIP Codes
22702
24317
24409
27006
27007
27009
27012
27017
27019
27021
27023
27030
27040
27041
27043
27045
27047
27050
27051
27052
27053
27101
27103
27104
27105
27106
27107
27127
27203
27204
27205
27209
27214
27215
27217
27229
27230
27233
27235
27239
27244
27248
27249
27253
27258
27260
27261
27262
27263
27265
27283
27284
27285
27292
27295
27298
27301
27302
27310
27313
27316
27317
27320
27340
27341
27349
27350
27355
27356
27357
27358
27360
27370
27371
27377
27401
27403
27404
27405
27406
27407
27408
27409
27410
27411
27419
27455
27497
27501
27502
27503
27504
27514
27516
27517
27520
27522
27524
27526
27527
27529
27539
27540
27542
27560
27568
27569
27572
27576
27577
27592
27603
27604
27607
27609
27610
27612
27613
27614
27615
27616
27617
27701
27702
27703
27704
27705
27707
27709
27711
27712
27713
27716
27880
28105
28310
28348
28358
28377
28401
28422
28457
28461
28462
28465
28467
28469
28470
28621
28642
28676
28683
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kentucky ZIP Codes
40004
40010
40013
40014
40023
40026
40027
40031
40047
40055
40056
40059
40068
40071
40077
40108
40109
40110
40117
40118
40121
40142
40150
40155
40160
40165
40175
40177
40202
40203
40207
40208
40209
40210
40211
40212
40213
40214
40215
40216
40218
40219
40222
40223
40228
40229
40241
40242
40243
40245
40258
40272
40291
40292
40299
40468
41001
41006
41007
41011
41014
41015
41016
41017
41018
41030
41033
41035
41040
41042
41051
41059
41063
41071
41073
41074
41075
41076
41085
41094
41095
41714
42101
42103
42104
42122
42159
42170
42171
42274
42404
42408
42410
42420
42442
42450
42453
42501
42503
42518
42519
42558
42701
44021
44022
44023
44024
44026
44062
44065
44072
44094
44122
44139
47112
47114
47119
47122
47124
47136
47150
47161
47164
47165
47166
47172
47542
47546
47547
47549
47601
47610
47612
47620
47630
47633
47639
47648
47665
47666
47670
47708
47710
47711
47712
47713
47714
47715
47720
47725
 
Wilmington ZIP Codes
27042
27235
27249
27262
27265
27282
27284
27285
27310
27357
27358
27359
27401
27404
27406
27407
27408
27409
27410
27419
27497
27883
27893
28320
28332
28333
28337
28398
28401
28403
28404
28405
28409
28411
28412
28414
28422
28425
28429
28433
28443
28449
28451
28456
28457
28461
28462
28463
28465
28467
28469
28470
28472
28479
28480
28539
28555
28570
28572
28582
28584
28594
 
Business Rules:
  • No bonding of modems.
  • Multiple modems are allowed at a single location as long as the units are not bonded together.
  • Serviceability must be verified via Salesforce or billing system.
  • Customers purchasing 200Mx15M or 300Mx20M will require a truck roll, because a new modem is required.
  • Only one block of Static IP per ARRIS 1670A modem (multiple blocks of IPs are not allowed).
Pricing:
  • Tiers: 100Mx10M, 200Mx15M, 300Mx20M
  • Terms: MTM, 1 year, 2 year, 3 year, 4 year, 5 year
  • Bundling with core services: Single Play, Bundle

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