How to Make US Broadband Competitive - Quickly and Cheaply

I only have analog basic cable at home. I use a myth server with three tuner cards (QAM and regular analog) as my PVR solution.

If TW required me to get a converter box, I'd likely drop them immediately. They recently (in this last bill) showed that the cost to rent a converter box (dual tuner HD DVR) is now $14 a month. Considering I'd need one for every TV in my house, that would effectively quadruple my cable bill! (I've got TVs that aren't hooked to the myth server, they simply plug into the wall and get TV).

ETA: I don't use TW for my internet anyway. I used to, but it was constantly down. Now I use AT&T DSL (dry loop) and it's a little slower on the top end, but it's not failed yet, AND it's $20 a month cheaper.

ETA2: I used to try and get the TV over firewire to my mythbox, but TW has blocked firewire output for everything but the locals, so firewire is not an option.