Time Warner Cable Sending Recharge Vehicles With WiFi To Powerless Lower Manhattan

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Six words New Yorkers never expected to hear: Time Warner Cable to the rescue. The company on Thursday announced it would be sending vehicles with recharge stations and WiFi hotspots throughout the still-powerless swaths of lower Manhattan (mainly below 39th street), which have been dark since Superstorm Sandy rolled through on Monday night. TWC asked users to follow its Twitter account, @TWCable_NYC for updates about the locations of the vehicles. 

The company also pledged $600,000 in donations to relief efforts. 

Time Warner Cable maintains a dominant market share over the New York City area cable TV and internet services but isn’t exactly known for stellar service during non-crisis times.  

(H/T: Boing Boing

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