Weather and climate change affect daily life activities from the clothes we wear to the places where we go, the houses we build, the food and the products we produce. Climate change has a great impact on our lifestyles. One such impact is on the services we use, which could be cable, internet, home phone, and wireless services. Even in this modern world, where everything is so advanced, the change in nature can affect your lifestyle.
How weather affects your services?
The weather has a great impact on your services. Changes in weather results in poor performance signals going in and out, facing issues regarding the speed of your internet, bad voice quality if you’re using home phone or wireless services, and poor picture quality with the cable TV services. There is nothing more irritating than your services not functioning properly when you need them the most. If you are working from home or if you are watching your favorite show and God forbid, storms come, you’ll start facing issues regarding your services, you’ll be so frustrated. How badly the weather affects your services depends on what technology you are using. If you are using satellite, you’ll probably be facing a lot of issues when there’s a weather change. When it comes to cable, the probability of your services going out in bad weather is so less, because the cable is installed below the ground. Your performance will be highly affected if your services come through the antenna.
Does the weather affect satellite services?
Changes in weather affect the satellite signal reception which results in poor performance. This will occur every time when there’s a weather change. Sometimes it lasts for just a few hours, but sometimes the outage could be for days. Changes in signal reception may gradually reduce the picture quality and affects the internet speed. Satellite services can be affected even if the weather is cloudy because it will affect the signal transmission from the satellite to your dish and you can face issues regarding your services. Your services would be affected if you are using any wireless technology.
Does the weather affect cable services?
Changes in weather will have the least impact on services that comes through cable. The signals won’t be disrupted if it’s a weather change until or unless your cable which is installed below the ground is damaged. Rain or bad weather does not result in poor service performance. When it comes to cable, you don’t need to worry that a weather change will affect your services. Your services will be affected only if the cable coming to your house/workplace is damaged which happens once in a blue moon. There are many providers who offer services through cable. One of the big names is TWC cable. They use COAX cable for the services. With Time Warner, you get different bundle packages with the on-demand and streaming content.
What should I do if my services are out due to bad weather?
You don’t need to get panic, even if your services are out or you are facing issues regarding your services. Stay calm and see what you can do about it. Try to reset the modem and see it works or not, if not, contact the technical support and don’t try to fix the issue yourself. That could result in making the issue worse. See if there is an outage or it’s just you who are facing issues regarding the services. Let the technical support fix the issue.
What should I check when I am getting services?
You need to know what you are looking for and what is your usage. While looking for the services, you need to check out some things, so in the future, you don’t face issues regarding your services. First, you need to check serviceability at your location and see what options are available at your location. If both satellite and cable providers are available at your location, check the pros and cons of both and see which would be the best option for you at your location. See if in your area, do you usually face weather changes, if yes, try to get cable services. With cable, you will have your peace of mind with you even if it’s bad weather, Secondly, you need to check if the package that you are looking for comes with a contract or no contract. See, if you are okay with the contract. Try to go with the no-contract option, so even if in the future you want to switch or cancel the services, you won’t be paying any early termination fee. Then check if you get a trial period or not, so that you can see if you are happy with the services or not. And the most important thing. If they have live 24/7 technical support. Providers like Time Warner Cable gives you all these perks, which includes; no contract, a 30-day money-back guarantee, and 24/7 live technical support.