TWC adds Caller ID on TV in Eastern North Carolina
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 26th 2008 11:03PM
posted Apr 26th 2008 11:03PM
While Microsoft and the gang are out wondering if folks really want Caller ID on their TV screens, Time Warner Cable is out delivering. Effective immediately, select customers in Eastern North Carolina (from Wilmington to Raleigh) can now see who's calling 'em right on their television screen, but of course, one must be subscribed to digital cable and digital phone to receive the free service. More specifically, Caller ID on TV logs the last ten incoming calls (including the caller's name, number, date, call time and whether he / she enjoys long walks on the beach) and can be turned off if you so choose. The offering is being made as part of a $50 million upgrade in the region, and by this summer, every TWC subscriber in the East Carolina footprint will have access. Personally, we're interested to see what else is bound to come from such a substantial cash investment (more HD, please?). [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family]
I'd guess the $50 million includes the SDV rollout they've been working on.
In a time when more and more people are canceling home phone service in favor of cell phones, I'd really rather see less money put into worthless features like this and more money put into features that people care about.
Cablevison has had this on the IO service for a while now. It's ok. It's nice being able to totally ignore calls without having to get up and look at the caler ID, and then ignore it.
Ive live in SC and we have had that for years now, i guess its news to NC though....
not at all........
those of us in The Piedmont Triad Region(Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point) TWC has had it for over 2 years......
Raleigh are has had it for around the same time........
I'm kinda puzzled why they are JUST now getting it out there........guess the feature wasnt seen as a big deal there......
I just wished it worked when I was playing games or watching DVD's or BD Movies
I live in NY and have Cablevision and we have had this for a while as well.
Dayton/Cincinnati TWC just added CID on TV a few months ago. It is a very nice feature.
had that in Orange county, CA for a while but you must have the Navigator OS on your digital box not passport
I'm in NYC and we still don't have this feature yet despite the Albany area having had it for at least 5 or more years.