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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => TWC and your Cable Company => Topic started by: tpirfan28 on March 01, 2008, 09:25:23 PM
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Just like the thread says...share horror stories, the rare positive one, anything about Comcast. We know we love them. :rolleyes:
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Paid $160 this past month...
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I get so many ads in the mail telling them how great their service is :rolleyes:
:rofl2:
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Never had Comcast, and (hopefully) never will. :D
:P
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i ahev directv :)
I also have comcast access but rarely use it
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Never had Comcast, and (hopefully) never will. :D
:P
Hi. I might switch to AT&T.
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Gil, please stop with the pointless posts. <_<
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Summery of our experience with them: removing channels and raising prices; slow internet speeds, crappy customer service.
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I can't complain with their internet one bit. I usually have speeds higher than 15 MBPS Down, even though i'm only supposed to get 4.
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Let's see..where to begin...high prices...countless hours on the phone with customer service, to usually be told its my fault...ridiculously high prices...yeah, that about sums it up. <_<
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And no TWC HD :cry:
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I hate how comcast is the ONLY cable provider in my area. The only other option here would be directv or dish network.
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Thats one thing that's always been a problem here. Thankfully, though Verizon is slowly but surely rolling its FiOS service out, though it hasn't quite reached the Baltimore area yet. It is now available in many of the surrounding counties though, so thats a sure sign its going to be here soon. There's also apparently a company named Mediacom (I think...) that serves some part of the state (I believe out in the western parts somewhere), but they won't be coming to Baltimore I don't think.
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I seem to recall a slightly larger variety of cable companies out here not too long ago. My guess is that they were bought out by comcast. <_<
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I miss Suburban Cable, a local cable company. They were much better. Lenfest Communications, the company that owned Suburban, was bought out by Comcast in 2000. We have had Comcast since. Lenfest owned many other good local cable companies here, including Garden State Cablevision and the Susquehanna Cable Company.
I still remember seeing the suburban cable logo on TWC's station ID back in the late 90's. Those were the days.
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Comcast is the only provider here. We also had AT&T cable but they bought them out <_<
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Baltimore City used to be serviced by TCI, but we all know what happened to them. <_<
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TCI > AT&T > Comcast. Same here.
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Cable just came back after a near 30 minute outage... :rolleyes:
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Baltimore City used to be serviced by TCI, but we all know what happened to them. <_<
I remember TCI :wub:
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Baltimore City used to be serviced by TCI, but we all know what happened to them. <_<
I remember TCI :wub:
I never lived within the ity limits, so I was always stuck with Comcast. But several of my aunts and uncles live in the city and had TCI.
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Didn't Comcast used to just be a local Philadelphia cable company back in the 90's before rapidly spreading across the nation by around 2000?
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Didn't Comcast used to just be a local Philadelphia cable company back in the 90's before rapidly spreading across the nation by around 2000?
Yep, it is headquartered there
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Didn't Comcast used to just be a local Philadelphia cable company back in the 90's before rapidly spreading across the nation by around 2000?
It's been an entire east coast company since at least the late 80's. The only thing thats recent is their westward expansion.
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I had TCI in the 90s :yes:
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what did TCI stand for
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Tele-Communications Inc.
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I have Comcast because I don't have enough to get DirectTV and Dish (Used to have it, but we got a high priced one and had to pay every month) I even forgot i had Comcast. But still, I want another Cable TV Program with more HD channels
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Amount due this month: $268.
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Amount due this month: $268.
If your paying that much you need to cut back. :wow:
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Maybe I should consider turning off my modem during the night. Would that lower the cost? I have it on almost 24/7.
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Having the modem on is not what you pay for. You pay for using the service each month. it is a flat fee, which means no matter how much or little you use it the amount is the same. You could do the following to lower the cost of your cable bill:
-Get rid of movie channels. I did this myself years ago because I watched maybe one or two movies a month, which certainly doesn't justify the cost.
-Consider downgrading to a smaller package. If you have the premium package, but don't even watch half the channels, whats the point?
-Consider getting rid of any other extras or premiums you may have, especially if you don't use them, or use them seldomly.
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Well, my mom watches HBO among other movie channels all the time, so I guess I won't be able to remove any of the packages.
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Amount due this month: $268.
What are your current services, including your cable packages and Internet speeds?
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That is OUTRAGEOUS :o
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I have their "digital preferred" package, with one premium (HBO) and one cable box. The other two TV's have expanded basic. I have no HD channels. My computer says my internet connection speed is 100 Mbps.
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Whether your mother knows it or not she's being robbed outrageously for those movie channels. :yes:
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I never hear her complain about the prices, though.
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I never hear her complain about the prices, though.
She ought to, wouldn't you agree?
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She must be rich then. :wacko:
I can't afford that kind of money on a monthly basis.
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I have their "digital preferred" package, with one premium (HBO) and one cable box. The other two TV's have expanded basic. I have no HD channels. My computer says my internet connection speed is 100 Mbps.
Yeah, that just means you have a 10/100 mbps ethernet card, you actual internet speed is different from that.
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Where can I find my internet connection speed, then?
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Where can I find my internet connection speed, then?
http://www.speedtest.net/
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I'm so glad Comcast isn't in my area, I have two choices for cable, Buckeye Cable and TimeWarner, I have buckeye.
We all know Comcast has traffic shaping but have you heard of their new voice shaping feature where they degrade your voice if you talk too long, or their video shaping service where they cut off half your channels when you watch TV too long. :shades:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_sale;_ylt=Aq3jxa5lLR6PMGNHD4PmQmERSLMF
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Hmm, that's interesting. It doesn't affect me, but it may affect my grandmother, who lives in West Virginia and has Comcast. I wonder what affect, if any, this would have on the STAR's these systems have? :unsure:
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Here's my experience with Comcast.........
Last fall, I got a notice saying more channels were getting moved to digital cable. I was a subscriber of internet and "standard" service (full lineup of analog channels - no premium or digital service). After seeing that notice, I reduced my service to "basic". By this time, they had rearranged channels so that TWC would be a basic channel. When I called to reduce my service and they asked why, I said because the channels were being removed and the price was going up. Their counteroffer ---- hope you're sitting down for this....... "what if we offered you phone service?" LMFAO! If they offered digital cable for XX% off for XX months, I would have considered it. So I got reduced to basic service. Now I get another notice in the mail today saying 8 more channels are being moved to digital... and not just regular channels, but news stations like MSNBC and regional network NECN. Think my price is going to go down? Nope. The explanation for the removal of channels given in the notice: so that we can offer you new services, more HD choices, and faster internet. WTF!! Come on Comcast.......
(obviously they want everyone to go digital to get even more $$$ out of us).
Basic service (some 15 channels or so) and internet costs me $65+ a month. Still too much, given the constant channel dropping. But I'm gonna stay strong and not fall into the digital trench... unless they start moving all the broadcast channels and TWC to digital only. Then you're gonna see more p'd off folk.
And if that weren't enough (oh yes, there's a little more).....
TWC is now off the air, with only the local commercials airing at :15 and :45. Nothing but a blank screen. Thank god this didn't happen on Tuesday.... tornado watches, warnings and such on the XL... vid coming next week.
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When I called to reduce my service and they asked why, I said because the channels were being removed and the price was going up. Their counteroffer ---- hope you're sitting down for this....... "what if we offered you phone service?"
WTF? :wacko:
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Shadyjay - we experienced the same problem.
Earlier this year, my great grandmother, 89, who lives in an old-age home in Penn Hills, lost all the channels she watches. See, she had the basic package, which has about 18 channels, and ran her about $14.99/month, and that price hasn't changed since Comcast took over AT&T Broadband years ago. Then, all of a sudden, she, along with the other older folks in her home, got a message stating they would be loosing EWTN (religious channel), along with QVC and HSN. Now, every person in her building is GLUED to and LIVES OFF OF EWTN, as well as QVC and HSN. They also removed the TV Guide Network and MSNBC. All these channels were moving to the 150s, which require subscribers to rent a digital box to get them, as well as the Digital Classic level of service... which many residents can't afford. So, by removing 5 channels, they were still able to increase the price of basic cable to $19.99.
We contacted the PA Attorney General's office, but they said the claim was pretty much useless, so we let it go.
In the end, the building she lives in ended up subscribing to the digital classic level itself, so non-affording residents could watch Daily Mass on EWTN down in the general sitting area on the TV in that room. Very nice of them to do that.
Shows what ASS HOLES Comcast are. They take channels away but raise the price. :furious: :angry: :wacko:
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Those are the exact channels that are now being removed. I cannot complain if they take away "standard" channels however taking away basic channels is just wrong.
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LMFAO!!! We're getting a year of FREE HBO, SHOtime, and Encore because we tried to cancel our service! :rofl2: And of course, my dad, the cheapo, took the offer. :rolleyes:
Seriously, they've been dropping channels like crazy. There is simply no telling how much Comcast sucks.
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Hell I woulda taken that offer too! :lol:
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BREAKING NEWS: Comcast doing something RIGHT!
Big Ten Network coming to Comcast Expanded Basic Services (http://"http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-bigtennetwork-comcast&prov=ap&type=lgns")
Official Comcast Press Release (http://"http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=767")
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That's not a channel I'd want to watch, though. They need to put GSN, Weatherscan, QVC among others in the basic lineup!
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Why QVC?
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Comcast got rid of Weatherscan in Atlantic City. My friend has digital cable and Weatherscan eas included in the digital cable package. Now channel 101 is just a blank screen :(
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Comcast got rid of Weatherscan in Atlantic City. My friend has digital cable and Weatherscan eas included in the digital cable package. Now channel 101 is just a blank screen :(
Yeah, I saw that too when I went down last month. It said something along the lines of "Weatherscan is not available, please call for assistance." My guess is that it was moved to a higher tier.
I just hope this doesn't mean I'll be saying goodbye to Weatherscan here on basic cable. It's odd that it is, because Comcast doesn't even list it on their basic cable lineup. Even if they do get rid of it, I'll be seeing it again when I get FiOS in the coming months, although it won't be a truly local forecast (the downside of having FiOS).
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Yeah look at 2:28 of my video and you'll see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zElquBcc4LU
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VICTOR!!!!!!!!!
I was browsing your Youtube channel. Did you REALLY switch to Comcast? I"m seeing crappy Intellistar videos now.
Does that mean no more monthly playlist videos?
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Yes I will still provide monthly playlist videos and
NO NO NO. I DO NOT HAVE COMCAST. FOR THE 10th TRAMMELLSTARKSAMILLIONTH TIME
I recorded the Intellistar clips from my FRIENDS house. They have Comcast!
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I"m seeing crappy Intellistar videos now.
I don't appreciate those kind of comments. <_< Sure the Intellistar is annoying but I uploaded those clips as a change from the usual satellite and emulator clips. Describing my intellistar clips "crappy" is not what I wanted to hear.
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Oh ok.
Regarding that comment, I was talking about the Intellistar as a whole, not your videos, which are great. Just keep up the great work. Guess that's what happens when you get sick of your STAR (and the management of the STAR) after 4 years. No harm done.
On topic, am I the ONLY one who HASN'T had a problem with Comcast? We got a better package for them that costed less and we got our precious NFL Network back. Too bad the package couldn't overthrow the Intellistar. Even when our internet went down once, it was because our router died, not pointing fingers at Comcast.
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Oh ok.
Regarding that comment, I was talking about the Intellistar as a whole, not your videos, which are great. Just keep up the great work. Guess that's what happens when you get sick of your STAR (and the management of the STAR) after 4 years. No harm done.
I don't like the Intellistar's frequent narration either but when you haven't seen and/or recorded an Intellistar clip in years than you get excited :thrilled:
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I remember seeing my first XL on a vacation to Binghamton, NY in July of 04. I didn't know if my STAR (which was an IS) at the time, was more advanced or behind.
I remember seeing my first IS outage in April of 04. I was like "OH NO THEY GOT RID OF THE LOCAL ON THE 8s". This was when I was brand new to TWC, and I even remember Cocoon playing on this forecast. Victor, remember the satellite graphic package in early 04? I can't find any clips of it, or even that one that FS swiped on Youtube.
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I'm looking for that clip too. I don't know who originally uploaded that clip. But yeah Cocoon was one of the only songs I remembered distinctively airing on the local forecast back then.
Not to get anymore off topic, but did the satellite local forecasts in 2000-2001 have a 4 city forecast screen in the beginning like the current lfs?
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Wasn't 2000-2001 the graphics system where they showed several radar/satellite loops then the 3 Day forecasts?
I remmeber back then, there was no satellite LDL, so 5 cities showed up on the 3 day forecast, rather than 4.
And 2003/2004-2005 was when they had 2, opposed to 4.
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Comcast has a better picture quality than DirecTV. It's sharper on a regular HDTV like mine than Directv
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I has Comcast since 2003. I had digital cable for a while, then dropped it knowing how increasingly expensive it would get. Now Comcast runs my cable TV, internet, and digital phone service. $99 is the introductory offer for all three, but I know that figure will multiply out of control.
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I've had Comcast since 2000. It was good, but then it went downhill fast...
I miss Suburban Cable. :(
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I've had Comcast since 2000. It was good, but then it went downhill fast...
I miss Suburban Cable. :(
It's the same here too. A few months ago our cable went out and they told my mom they couldn't send anyone until the next day. That's just crazy!
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I had Comcast and just recently switched to AT&T. Comcast does suck!
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Another no for TWC HD from comcast :furious: i feel like switching services
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What they are slowly going to learn is that they can't treat their customers like dog shit, and expect them to pay top dollar for it.
Yay for competition. :clap:
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What they are slowly going to learn is that they can't treat their customers like dog shit, and expect them to pay top dollar for it.
I second that. The only good thing about Comcast was Weatherscan. I wtached that day and night,even while is was online.
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Yeah, that's the main reason I liked Comcast.
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Ugh. It seems that whenever a thunderstorm moves through, our Comcast internet goes down for nearly a day, no matter how strong the thunderstorm is. This didn't always happen before. maybe just once or twice a year when both the internet and TV were to be down. Now it seems its just the internet that goes down, and much more often than ever before. I think I want to switch to FiOS internet (but NOT the inconvenient FiOS TV), as Comcast would probably not understand what I am saying when I tell them my internet has been down a lot.
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Ugh. It seems that whenever a thunderstorm moves through, our Comcast internet goes down for nearly a day, no matter how strong the thunderstorm is. This didn't always happen before. maybe just once or twice a year when both the internet and TV were to be down. Now it seems its just the internet that goes down, and much more often than ever before. I think I want to switch to FiOS internet (but NOT the inconvenient FiOS TV), as Comcast would probably not understand what I am saying when I tell them my internet has been down a lot.
What's inconvenient about FiOS TV? :ermm:
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Lack of headends, thus lack of WeatherStar units. There's only one headend for Massachusetts, meaning that people in the western part of the state would get forecasts for Boston, whose conditions can be far different than the western part. I believe there's also only one headend for southern California, and the conditions from location to location can be even more different there, particularly in the higher elevations. It's not as bad here as I live about 20-30 miles from Philadelphia, but I still can have temperatures 5-10 degrees cooler than the city, and I would have a severe weather warning for a county that is far from where I live.
In addition, since FiOS headends cover a large area, Weatherscan has so much city forecast segments that some don't have room for lifestyles segments, and also it would take awhile for you to receive the forecast for your location.
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Lack of headends, thus lack of WeatherStar units. There's only one headend for Massachusetts, meaning that people in the western part of the state would get forecasts for Boston, whose conditions can be far different than the western part. I believe there's also only one headend for southern California, and the conditions from location to location can be even more different there, particularly in the higher elevations. It's not as bad here as I live about 20-30 miles from Philadelphia, but I still can have temperatures 5-10 degrees cooler than the city, and I would have a severe weather warning for a county that is far from where I live.
In addition, since FiOS headends cover a large area, Weatherscan has so much city forecast segments that some don't have room for lifestyles segments, and also it would take awhile for you to receive the forecast for your location.
I'm with you mike and i get warnings for western and central Massachusetts and sometimes Connecticut and i don't even live in those areas on my WeatherScan & Intellistar :rolleyes:
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If ANYONE here can tell me how to tune channel 257 on standard cable without a cable box, I will send you 5 cents.
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If ANYONE here can tell me how to tune channel 257 on standard cable without a cable box, I will send you 5 cents.
You can't... Standard analog cable is only capable of channels up to 125, IIRC.
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Okay, now that my blood pressure is back down...I was in contact with those a-holes at Comcast over which channel Big Ten Network will be on starting this Friday. It is on channel 257, on "expanded basic" services. Except you can't get the channel without a box (which we don't have and technically not supposed to need, based on the contract). Couldn't get that through to the rep. Looks like on Friday I will be complaining on the phone to someone.....
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I retract everything I said in the last two posts, except for the Comcast chat reps being complete ditzes. The channel will be on 74, phew.
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Recently in my area, they removed the National Geographic Channel (Comcast cable channel 64) off of our basic cable line-up. They still have the channel at lease, but its now a digital-only channel and we only have one digital cable box. They moved it to digital cable channel channel 450 and we would have to pay extra. They even did the same thing to ESPNews.
As for the old channel location for NatGeo, they replaced it with the Big Ten Network. :angry: I rather watch pro sports.
Also, Comcast still hasn't added both Boomerang and WeatherScan to our channel line-up! I want those two channels so bad! I even tried asking Comcast to add Boomerang and WeatherScan, but they still haven't responded. I sent a E-Mail to them 10 times already, but still no response!
I'm also upset that Comcast doen't want to air some of my St. Louis Cardinals baseball games that's aired on FSN Midwest. I'm from the midwest and I'm a Cardinals fan. I told about the problem to Comcast and here's what they responded:
Dear customer,
Thank you for contacting Comcast Cable. We apologize for any
inconvenience. We carry about 140 Cardinals games (out of 162) in
Central Illinois, among FSN Midwest, the FOX broadcast network, ESPN,
and local broadcast channels that are part of the Cardinals TV network.
There are another 20 games that FSN Midwest carries that we do not
receive, because FSN Midwest charges extra for these games.
We will forward your feedback and suggestion to our marketing department
for future review.
Thank you for choosing Comcast.
Sincerely,
Demetria
Comcast Customer Care Specialist
Not only that, but they have only have less than 38 HD channels too. In other words, there's no signs of TWC HD anywhere or any of my other favorite channels that are in HD.
Again, I tired of Comcast! Insight Communications was alot better, but DirecTV still beats cable TV (even for both Insight and Comcast)!
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A Rare Positive story. My grandma gets comcast from the Finleyville PA, division. She told me that they are nice to her over the phone. She also told me that they are out and get the problems fixed.
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Comcast of Bensalem/Lower Bucks does a much better job of satisfying the area than Cherry Hill's. The internet rarely ever goes down here and I can't recall the last time we had a cable outage.
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Comcast has excellent service in my area. No one complains about it.
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I have hardly ever seen good reviews about comcast.
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I have hardly ever seen good reviews about comcast.
Let my signature and custom member title reveal that...
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I See
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I See
I'll have to agree.... :blink:
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What is so funny? :huh:
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Stupid Crapcast is freezing up and blacking out worse than Satellite. It's getting worse and worse as the months go by. Anybody have a torch so I can burn their headquarters down? :devil:
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Oh my goodness!
You know, I would do the same thing because Comcast is just flat-out no good. :no:
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The other day, I tryed to disconecting our cable hook-up. I already broke the digital cable box on accendent. :doh: I was trying to look at the inside by taking apart the case, but I was unable to because they used some special type of screws. :doh2: We don't even have those tools. My parents work at AT&T and we only have their internet and phone service. What's not avaiable is U-Verse and were stuck with Comcast. I've tryed to disconect our cable hook-up from all of our TVs. I even knew where the master hook-up was. I tryed to disconect in time, but I got in trouble with my mom. :wacko:
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I'm trying desperately to understand what your trying to say, but I just can't. :wacko:
Iwill say one thing though-you shouldn't be farting with your cable box. They can can probably charge you for tampering with their equipment.
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Iwill say one thing though-you shouldn't be farting with your cable box. They can can probably charge you for tampering with their equipment.
Yeah, you can get in SERIOUS trouble for doing that.
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Well in my area, we used to have Garden State Cable, which was good. One of the plusses was if you forgot to pay your cable and it got cut off, every channel tuned would be the weather channel, hehe. It used to be on Channel 34. When Comcast bought out GSC in 2000, it moved to Channel 57 shortly thereafter. My area switched to the IntelliStar when it was released March 2004.
Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
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Well in my area, we used to have Garden State Cable, which was good. One of the plusses was if you forgot to pay your cable and it got cut off, every channel tuned would be the weather channel, hehe. It used to be on Channel 34. When Comcast bought out GSC in 2000, it moved to Channel 57 shortly thereafter. My area switched to the IntelliStar when it was released March 2004.
Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
That's interesting...up until the early 00's TWC was on 34 here on Comcast in Baltimore also. :cool3:
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Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
Since 2006? What forecasts did you get before then?
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Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
Since 2006? What forecasts did you get before then?
Philadelphia, which is where their headquarters are. I think it was sometime shortly after the dramatic relaunch of August 2005 when the switchover occured.
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I miss UA Cable, TCI, and Insight Communications. :(
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Philadelphia, which is where their headquarters are. I think it was sometime shortly after the dramatic relaunch of August 2005 when the switchover occured.
Was your local weather ID the same? If so, then it was just your CC city that changed and nothing more. You didn't have a different IntelliStar. I'm pretty sure I've seen that Camden/Cherry Hill unit before the CC city changed to Camden in early 2006 (due to the addition of HiRAD technology).
The Weatherscan here was the same way. The current conditions city was Philadelphia while the forecast city was Cherry Hill. The CC city changed to Camden in May 2006, though the forecast city remained Cherry Hill until that December when that also changed to Camden.
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Philadelphia, which is where their headquarters are. I think it was sometime shortly after the dramatic relaunch of August 2005 when the switchover occured.
Was your local weather ID the same? If so, then it was just your CC city that changed and nothing more. You didn't have a different IntelliStar. I'm pretty sure I've seen that Camden/Cherry Hill unit before the CC city changed to Camden in early 2006 (due to the addition of HiRAD technology).
The Weatherscan here was the same way. The current conditions city was Philadelphia while the forecast city was Cherry Hill. The CC city changed to Camden in May 2006, though the forecast city remained Cherry Hill until that December when that also changed to Camden.
The IntelliStar ID hadn't changed, you are correct. Since the IntelliStar's inception to my area in March 2004, it has always been 21873. The forecast city has changed. Hmmm.... I do know, that back in the day of WeatherSTAR XL, the ID was 00939, pulling the forecast for Philadelphia.
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Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
Are you still getting this issue? If so, I'll go ask TWC's Star department about this for you. I've had a similar issue where I saw your IntelliStar awhile back, but it never lasted this long.
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http://www.wlfi.com/global/story.asp?s=9042543
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[url]http://www.wlfi.com/global/story.asp?s=9042543[/url]
What's the link about?
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[url]http://www.wlfi.com/global/story.asp?s=9042543[/url]
What's the link about?
Well, click it and find out...
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No, because I don't want to open any links without people describing it. It could contain spam and viruses
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I better get a digital box soon before I say goodbye to Weatherscan on basic analog...
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No, because I don't want to open any links without people describing it. It could contain spam and viruses
Why the hell would anyone here post spam or viruses? :rolleyes:
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I clicked the link, and I didn't get any pop-ups, any spam, or any viruses. It just took me to WLFI-TV's website. On that link that he posted, its really a news artical talking about Comcast moving some of the channels to a different channel package.
Comcast Cable customers could face charges because of channel switch
Updated: Sep 19, 2008 05:58 PM CDT
Tippecanoe County, Ind. (WLFI) Comcast cable changed four channels from analog to digital earlier this week. The switch caused some confusion for many customers. Comcast originally said digital cable boxes would be free for a year than customers would be charged $1.99 a month. Some subscribers reported to NewsChannel 18 that the digital boxes would be four times that price.
"I called where ever they were at and they said a tech would bring it out, but it wasn't going to be $1.99 a month, it would be $7.95 a month," said Harold Pierce who can no longer watch the Hallmark channel since it moved to a digital frequency.
NewsChannel 18 spoke with Comcast's Regional Vice President of Customer Service, Mark Apple, again and clarified the pricing structure.
Subscribers with limited basic cable can get a free digital box for a year and will be charged $3.95 cents a month after that.
Those with full basic cable can get a free box and will be charged $1.99 a month after a year.
Digital starter customers can get more boxes for $1.99 a month. The charge starts as soon as it's installed. Digital preferred customers can add boxes for $7.95 cents a month. Again that charge applies from the time the box is installed.
Only limited basic and full basic customers can get free installation of the digital boxes. All other subscribers will be charged $19.95 if a technician comes to the house to install more boxes.
You will need a digital converter on every TV you plan to watch digital channels from Comcast on. Comcast says you can now pick up digital converters at its Creasy Lane location and it is not necessary to have a technician install the boxes, you can do it yourself.
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LOL it's not about that link in particular, I don't understand why people post links without even describing what the link contains first.
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No, because I don't want to open any links without people describing it. It could contain spam and viruses
Why the hell would anyone here post spam or viruses? :rolleyes:
And if *I* was going to do that, I would have embedded a virus in the main site's HTML files, because I'm that damn good.
(I didn't.)
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Amen to that! I am just hoping someone buys out Comcast.......
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I wouldn't count on that. Comcast is the largest cable company in this country. Who'd be ablet o buy them out?
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I wouldn't count on that. Comcast is the largest cable company in this country. Who'd be ablet o buy them out?
Me. :D
They're worth a dollar, I'll give them two. :rofl2:
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I wouldn't count on that. Comcast is the largest cable company in this country. Who'd be ablet o buy them out?
Me. :D
They're worth a dollar, I'll give them two. :rofl2:
LOL, so very true. :rofl2: :rofl2:
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Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006. :angry:
Are you still getting this issue? If so, I'll go ask TWC's Star department about this for you. I've had a similar issue where I saw your IntelliStar awhile back, but it never lasted this long.
I'm still pulling the Woodbury/Clayton, NJ one to this day, they haven't fixed it yet...
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If you're still getting it, its possible that either 21873 merged with the Woodbury Star (I believe that is #21862) and they just didn't modify that IntelliStar's configuration yet, or your Star failed and they are using 21862 as a backup feed while a new IntelliStar is being shipped to your headend.
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If you're still getting it, its possible that either 21873 merged with the Woodbury Star (I believe that is #21862) and they just didn't modify that IntelliStar's configuration yet, or your Star failed and they are using 21862 as a backup feed while a new IntelliStar is being shipped to your headend.
it is 21862... it's been like this for over a week now...
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If you're still getting it, its possible that either 21873 merged with the Woodbury Star (I believe that is #21862) and they just didn't modify that IntelliStar's configuration yet, or your Star failed and they are using 21862 as a backup feed while a new IntelliStar is being shipped to your headend.
it is 21862... it's been like this for over a week now...
I'm guessing I can use the Woodbury one for now and not complain... it is a mere 11 miles up the street from me, yet Camden was only 4 miles from me :/ Only problem is that it says TWC is on Channel 9 when it is not which is why I don't want them to use this IntelliStar...
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Victor, click here:
http://virus.com/virus.exe
Funny story about viruses...
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Yes that looks innocent enough :whistling:
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Not funny...
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LOL, hilarious. :rofl2:
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I think its about time Comcast would break up. :yes:
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I think its about time Comcast would break up. :yes:
You know, as much as I would love some competition, it will never happen!
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I think its about time Comcast would break up. :yes:
You know, as much as I would love some competition, it will never happen!
Agreed. Keep dreaming my friend. :P
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But it once happened to AT&T in 1984.
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But it once happened to AT&T in 1984.
AT&T was no Comcast. :no:
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YES!!!!!!!!!! Life is good again!! I'm getting the Camden IntelliStar again!! :dance:
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YES!!!!!!!!!! Life is good again!! I'm getting the Camden IntelliStar again!! :dance:
Why was it removed? :unsure:
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Likely due to technical difficulties with his Star.
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My cable modem is dying. Internet has been going out frequently over the past week. :censored:
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My cable modem is dying. Internet has been going out frequently over the past week. :censored:
Same here. I sometimes have to reset mine and unplug/replug it countless times to get it to work. :thumbdown:
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I have never had that problem with a cable modem. I've had it several times with DSL modems, but never with a cable modem.
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My cable modem is dying. Internet has been going out frequently over the past week. :censored:
Same here. I sometimes have to reset mine and unplug/replug it countless times to get it to work. :thumbdown:
I might be able to help you diagnose this problem... contact me in private or on AIM and I can help you out with this... depending on the problem you may have to call comcast to come out...
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My cable modem is dying. Internet has been going out frequently over the past week. :censored:
Sorry to hear that.
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Well I'm actually going to applaud Comcast today. They came out very quickly and gave us a speedy new modem. It's a Scientific Atlanta, which is kind of weird.
My dad also asked if they had updated the HD cable box since we got ours in 2006, and the guy said yes, and offered to upgrade ours for no charge.
Happy. :twothumbs:
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<Gil's post here>
What the....
:faint:
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Well I'm actually going to applaud Comcast today. They came out very quickly and gave us a speedy new modem. It's a Scientific Atlanta, which is kind of weird.
My dad also asked if they had updated the HD cable box since we got ours in 2006, and the guy said yes, and offered to upgrade ours for no charge.
Happy. :twothumbs:
Now that's more like it :twothumbs:
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Wow, a rare good story about Comcast. :biggrin:
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Yeah, actually, every time they've come out, they've always done a really good job or threw in something extra. :yes:
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Comcast was nice,but they put you on hold forever,and they cost too much money!
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Well I'm actually going to applaud Comcast today. They came out very quickly and gave us a speedy new modem. It's a Scientific Atlanta, which is kind of weird.
My dad also asked if they had updated the HD cable box since we got ours in 2006, and the guy said yes, and offered to upgrade ours for no charge.
Happy. :twothumbs:
Wow, wish my Cherry Hill, NJ headend was like that! The people there are :censored: 's and give no useful support when my modem (an RCA) is malfunctioning. It has to be my modem since no one else seems to have problems connecting.
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My original modem was an RCA. I guess it had a pretty good run, as it was the original modem we got in September 2004, when we first switched from Dial-Up to Cable. :yes:
I guess they are now using Scientific Atlanta for Cable Modems. They still use Motorola cable boxes though, and the new ones are pretty fancy looking.
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We bought our cable modem (a Motorola) back in 2003 when we first got cable internet from Suscom. Not sure what kind of modems Comcast uses around here.
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Well I'm actually going to applaud Comcast today. They came out very quickly and gave us a speedy new modem. It's a Scientific Atlanta, which is kind of weird.
My dad also asked if they had updated the HD cable box since we got ours in 2006, and the guy said yes, and offered to upgrade ours for no charge.
Happy. :twothumbs:
Wow, wish my Cherry Hill, NJ headend was like that! The people there are :censored: 's and give no useful support when my modem (an RCA) is malfunctioning. It has to be my modem since no one else seems to have problems connecting.
They were marvelous to detect my problem and fix everything linked to it -- the wire that splits into my house, the modem itself, etc... I have a feeling that either your modem is failing, your signal levels aren't where they should be, your SNR levels aren't where they should be, or any of all combinations of the 3 scenarios. In my case the modem and SNR (signal to noise ratio) were the problem and all is fixed, all be it I'm a high tech user who knows how to break into their modem's config to get these readings, but still. I would call the 1800COMCAST number before 6pm and speak to a rep so they can send a tech out to test your line.
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Comcast is removing 4 more channels from the analog lineup here in Bensalem effective October 20. :angry:
They're offering free converter boxes so I might as well get one.
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I think ALL cable companies are going to eventually end up doing away with analog cable altogether before much longer. Whilst we'll be forced to have digital, I think digital prices may actually fall a little as a result of no longer having the cheaper analog alternative.
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It says that effective November 1, a digital converter is included in my current standard cable level. Does this mean they'll automatically send one to my house, or do I still have to call ahead? Also, would I have to pay extra to buy additional boxes for my four TVs?
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It says that effective November 1, a digital converter is included in my current standard cable level. Does this mean they'll automatically send one to my house, or do I still have to call ahead? Also, would I have to pay extra to buy additional boxes for my four TVs?
You need to call ahead to have one set up via truck roll, or you could go down to a Payment center and pick one up. make sure you bring the documentation that says it's free so they don't try to throw hidden charges at you.
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Also be proud your area isn't getting affected by Switched Digital Video yet... My area's gonna roll it out sometime in November or December, and I had to pick up a tuning adapter dongle thingy for my TiVo to continue getting those channels since TiVo's are not capable of 2 way RF comminucations, so the adapter does it for me. Luckily, TWC isn't on that list of affected channels.
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AMC, Cartoon Network, some leased access channel, and Style is switching to digital here on 10/20. I watch AMC a lot, as well as GSN which was removed about a year or so ago, so I should probably get a converter box.
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AMC, Cartoon Network, some leased access channel, and Style is switching to digital here on 10/20. I watch AMC a lot, as well as GSN which was removed about a year or so ago, so I should probably get a converter box.
GSN went digital over a year ago, which pissed me off because I had to get a cablebox then because it was my absolute favorite channel (besides TWC) and I wanted to keep it... the Cablebox still has it as channel 37, however that's a QAM redirect to 179.
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AMC, Cartoon Network, some leased access channel, and Style is switching to digital here on 10/20. I watch AMC a lot, as well as GSN which was removed about a year or so ago, so I should probably get a converter box.
GSN went digital over a year ago, which pissed me off because I had to get a cablebox then because it was my absolute favorite channel (besides TWC) and I wanted to keep it... the Cablebox still has it as channel 37, however that's a QAM redirect to 179.
Man, that sucks. I hope Comcast in my area woun't move CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, C-SPAN, C-SPAN 2, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, ESPN, ESPN2, FSN Midwest, HSN, QVC, and Cable Marketplace Channel 5 (a local genentic weather station that differs from TWC) to the digital tier full time. Of course, it would be alot worse if they dropped the channel off the line-up for good. I also hope they don't drop WEEK (NBC) and WAOE (My Network TV) off the lineup for good. They already removed both the National Geografic Channel and ESPNews off the analog lineup.
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Though it was great that they gave us the free upgraded box, it took over a week (and 5 different cable guys to come out) to get the damn thing to work. :censored:
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Though it was great that they gave us the free upgraded box, it took over a week (and 5 different cable guys to come out) to get the damn thing to work. :censored:
Keep in mind that almost all Comcast techs do not know what they're doing or they just don't care. I, almost 100%, just bypass the tech, use my knowledge, and go down to my local payment center and pick up replacement boxes on my own. I know that everyone here has to have moderate technology knowledge, so what we all should do is bypass the techs who don't know :censored: and hook up these things ourselves and shove it in their faces, lol... Hell, if I lived near by, I'd hook everyone's systems up for them. I like doing that kind of thing :)
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Yeah, I'm probably going to pick up some digital coverters on my own and install it myself. I don't have the time and patience to have several inexperienced "professionals" to install it for me and have to wait for a week.
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Yeah, I'm probably going to pick up some digital coverters on my own and install it myself. I don't have the time and patience to have several inexperienced "professionals" to install it for me and have to wait for a week.
The inexperienced "professionals" arrive, try to make it work, fail, then expect you to sign the form, what I do is I grab the form, I cross out the "work completed" line and mark the "work not done" box and sign the form just so they get in trouble. I know that's an ass move, but it's the truth. I've had to have 5 people come by to get my CableCARDs working on my TiVo and it's still not complete, but I get my channels so I've let it slide for now. They don't know what they're doing 90% of the time. I've had only 2 people come to this house who know what they were doing. One got the CableCARDs working 90%, the other got my line fixed 100% and installed a new line coming into the house. Meh, if I was able to do this myself, I would do it, but that's one thing I'm not allowed to do myself. Stupid inexperienced professionals need to go back to school and relearn this stuff.
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I agree. They probly are High School dropouts.
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Not a chance. A high school diploma is a requirement for a tech position.
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Not a chance. A high school diploma is a requirement for a tech position.
must be "just got by" high school graduates :P
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Not a chance. A high school diploma is a requirement for a tech position.
must be "just got by" high school graduates :P
Personally I don't give a damn what their education level is. ;)
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Not a chance. A high school diploma is a requirement for a tech position.
must be "just got by" high school graduates :P
Personally I don't give a damn what their education level is. ;)
neither do I as long as they know how to do what they need to do, and do it right. Then I'll happily sign the form that says the job is done properly.
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When I get digital converters for my TV's, would I be able to view GSN on basic cable again on channel 179?
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When I get digital converters for my TV's, would I be able to view GSN on basic cable again on channel 179?
I don't know if it falls in the Digital Classic or the Digital Starter package, but I'm sure if you have both of those packages then yes, you will.
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I only have Expanded Basic cable here. I actually just checked Comcast's website and GSN is available on digital expanded basic channel 179. :yes:
I just hope Weatherscan will still be on basic 120 when I install converters to my TV's...
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I only have Expanded Basic cable here. I actually just checked Comcast's website and GSN is available on digital expanded basic channel 179. :yes:
I just hope Weatherscan will still be on basic 120 when I install converters to my TV's...
your Comcast must be different than mine because my Expanded service doesn't have GSN or Weatherscan
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Yes, the Bensalem headend has had Weatherscan and GSN on basic for quite sometime now. Comcast of Cherry Hill however has the same exact channel lineup as your headend in Audubon. The only difference is the IntelliStar ID# (mine is 21872).
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When I get digital converters for my TV's, would I be able to view GSN on basic cable again on channel 179?
You won't get neither Weatherscan nor GSN with a converter. The only channels they'll allow you to get are OTA (local) channels.
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I don't think he's talking about THOSE digital converters. :no:
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I don't think he's talking about THOSE digital converters. :no:
He's talking about the ones from the cable company... not the digital OTA converters.
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Yes, those were what I was referring to. Comcast has offered us to purchased their converters to get the exp. basic channels that were removed from the analog feed.
Starting Nov. 1, we can get one converter for free. Not sure how much additional ones cost, we would need three for this house.
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Yes, those were what I was referring to. Comcast has offered us to purchased their converters to get the exp. basic channels that were removed from the analog feed.
Starting Nov. 1, we can get one converter for free. Not sure how much additional ones cost, we would need three for this house.
they shouldn't be more than $7.95 a month each... if they are, they're ripping you off. according to the pamphlet of price changes it's like $3.70 a month each for a digital converter in my area as of November 1.
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Well I still have Weatherscan, thank goodness...
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Finally got my digital box today.
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With my box, I'm now getting channels like GSN and PCN, but no Weatherscan. How come? It's available on basic here, so why can't I get it with my box when I can without it?
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Hi Comcast! Still waiting for my TWC HD here... Other Chicago headends have it, why can't the Rolling Meadows headend get it...
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With my box, I'm now getting channels like GSN and PCN, but no Weatherscan. How come? It's available on basic here, so why can't I get it with my box when I can without it?
did you check all of the channels to see if it isn't on another channel when using a cablebox? Cable Ready and using a box can sometimes map the channels to a different channel... for example, FX on a Cable Ready tv here is on channel 96, whereas it's on channel 62 when tuned on a cable box.
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Weatherscan is on channel 101 with a box according to the guide, and I get nothing when I view it.
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It's probably on a higher tier. Comcast did that around here recently. It used to be if you had a box you could view it - now you need to subscribe to a certain tier to receive it.
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But it's available here in analog basic (w/out a box), so it's odd how it wouldn't be on digital either. :dunno:
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We can only get WxScan in Atlantic City on a Digital 101 (with a box). It used to be on analog basic on CH85 but they moved it up to another tier.
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Maybe in your area - but on the supersystem lineup (lineup for a large area), it's probably not available on basic and ONLY available on a digital tier.
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That's probably why. My headend has its own channel lineup, where as in South Jersey they have one channel lineup for several headends.
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it's on 101 for me also, not available on analog or ClearQAM (if it is, I don't know where)..
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I'm someone who doesn't usually criticize Comcast, but I don't have TWC HD yet either.
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I'm someone who doesn't usually criticize Comcast, but I don't have TWC HD yet either.
Same here, i wonder when they will ever wake up from their pipe dream to listen to their customers about the high demand for TWC HD :furious:
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My new cable box I have here, a Motorola, is a lot faster than my Scientific Atlanta in Marlton. The Motorola loads the guide within a second (my SA takes up to 5 seconds to load it), its graphics are more sharp, the text is easier to read, and there's more themes to choose from. The picture quality is also crystal clear because I had problems getting my cable box to work, so Comcast kept increasing our signal since I figured it was something wrong with the box. Turns out I had the cable plugged in to the wrong port on my TV. :P I also get OnDemand, Music Choice, and a few other digital channels that I never had on analog such as WeatherPlus and AccuWeather. I didn't think I'd get these channels too. My box is also a DVR, but I don't have DVR service.
I like this new box a lot better than my SA. The only downside is that I can't get my cable box remote to control the volume on the TV or turn the TV on or off (with the All On button or by pressing the TV button then power). I have to use my TV remote instead. With my SA, I can use the Comcast remote to control the volume. Any ideas?
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You need to program the TV button on your STB remote. There are directions and codes on how to do that with the directions that came with the remote, or you can find them on Comcast's website.
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Looks like the cable digital transition here will be starting very soon.
In the last bill, as of 4/1/09, customers cannot start a NEW service with Standard Cable (Basic+Expanded).
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Looks like the cable digital transition here will be starting very soon.
In the last bill, as of 4/1/09, customers cannot start a NEW service with Standard Cable (Basic+Expanded).
Nice News Matt, but my parent's did not get that news in their last bill :(
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Does anyone here live in an area where Comcast has gone all-digital? If so, do they pass the video on clear QAM signals?
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Does anyone here live in an area where Comcast has gone all-digital? If so, do they pass the video on clear QAM signals?
Here the Expanded-Basic tier is in the clear. Not sure on how long this is going to last.
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Cool beans. I was looking into TiVo when the cable digital conversion is done, but now I've thought more about going with a custom PC setup with HDTV stick since the only HDTV content I really need is already clear QAM HD locals.
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Cool beans. I was looking into TiVo when the cable digital conversion is done, but now I've thought more about going with a custom PC setup with HDTV stick since the only HDTV content I really need is already clear QAM HD locals.
Yeah, it's pretty cool having pure digital channels, helps out when capturing, too.
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Okay, I think this question may of been asked many times, but I just want to clarify. If I get a Digital TV or tuner, will I still be able to view channels ~30-125 (without a STB) after Comcast stops sending analog signals here (which should be by the end of the year)?
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Okay, I think this question may of been asked many times, but I just want to clarify. If I get a Digital TV or tuner, will I still be able to view channels ~30-125 (without a STB) after Comcast stops sending analog signals here (which should be by the end of the year)?
In theory, yes.
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Looks like Comcast removed WYBE-TV from analog cable here; I'm not getting a signal.
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Looks like Comcast removed WYBE-TV from analog cable here; I'm not getting a signal.
I haven't heard anything about that.... :thinking:
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(http://imgur.com/7N0vo.png)
Found this gem on the Interwebs.
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Are you serious? :blink:
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The last time I checked from our Comcast, theres still no sign of either TWC HD or WeatherScan. :angry:
Plus, the recent channels they dropped off of our analog lineup are:
C-SPAN 2 (dropped since last November)
MTV 2 (same time when C-SPAN 2 was dropped)
SoapNet (I think they dropped it since earlier this Spring)
National Geografic (dropped last Summer)
ION (dropped around the same time)
ETWN (same time)
I'm really ticked off that they dropped C-SPAN 2. Its even better than Fox News! Plus, Cubscast here is still blacking out some of my Cardinals games. :censored:
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Looks like Conneticut is getting TWC HD September 1st
Comcast adding Biography HD, G4 HD, Lifetime HD, Lifetime Movie Network HD, MTV HD, VH1 HD, Comedy Central HD, Spike HD, Nickelodeon HD, The Weather Channel HD, IFC HD, WE-HD, FUSE HD, Planet Green HD, TVOne HD, and Style HD in Connecticut September 1
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I got a notification about those DTA's last week, hopefully that's a sign TWC HD might come soon.
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I got a notification about those DTA's last week, hopefully that's a sign TWC HD might come soon.
Well, TWC HD is not available yet here, but according to a TV guide we seem to have received from Comcast in the mail a couple months ago, TWC is planned to be on Channel 245, which is pretty low from what I have seen.
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Here we are:
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This is why Comcast does indeed suck, their reception is really awful at times. Sadly there aren't any other cable companies around except AT&T (which has no star) and then there's Satellite which noone in my family wants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MabmESt75Bg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MabmESt75Bg#)
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Gosh, the reason I can say that Comcast sucks is because it's only in 2 little towns in my area. Seffner and Mango, and Mango is the next town south of Thonotosassa. :hmm:
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Gosh, the reason I can say that Comcast sucks is because it's only in 2 little towns in my area. Seffner and Mango, and Mango is the next town south of Thonotosassa. :hmm:
Why is that a bad thing? I'd be grateful if Comcast didn't serve my town.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
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Gosh, the reason I can say that Comcast sucks is because it's only in 2 little towns in my area. Seffner and Mango, and Mango is the next town south of Thonotosassa. :hmm:
Why is that a bad thing? I'd be grateful if Comcast didn't serve my town.
Don't even get me started on their customer service and the lazy cable guys they have sent out here to our house. <_<
Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR.
I would like to have a cable provider that would give me an XL, sometimes I would rather even have Satellite so I listen to certain songs narrationless especially unavailable ones and so I wouldn't have to deal with Comcast.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Zach, I live in two houses and in this house alone we pay like $160 a month for just cable TV and internet.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Zach, I live in two houses and in this house alone we pay like $160 a month for just cable TV and internet.
My parents pay over $270 for both Cable phone and internet alone i would love to have charter or bright house anyday
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Don't get your hopes up. Nearly every STAR in Comcast is the Intellistar.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Don't get your hopes up. Nearly every STAR in Comcast is the Intellistar.
Yeah, they have a contract to have most of their headends to utilize an IntelliStar.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Zach, I live in two houses and in this house alone we pay like $160 a month for just cable TV and internet.
That's crazy. For Verizon FiOS home phone (unlimited long distance, caller ID, call waiting, etc), FiOS TV (2 standard STBs, 1 DVR), FiOS Internet, and 3 cell phone lines (1400 min out of Verizon, unlimited texting) and our total bill is around $260/month.
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Well, it's probably cheaper than Bright House, and it'd be nice to see a different STAR. :yes:
Zach, I live in two houses and in this house alone we pay like $160 a month for just cable TV and internet.
That's crazy. For Verizon FiOS home phone (unlimited long distance, caller ID, call waiting, etc), FiOS TV (2 standard STBs, 1 DVR), FiOS Internet, and 3 cell phone lines (1400 min out of Verizon, unlimited texting) and our total bill is around $260/month.
That's a good deal Tyler, but not everyone is as lucky as you are.
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That's crazy. For Verizon FiOS home phone (unlimited long distance, caller ID, call waiting, etc), FiOS TV (2 standard STBs, 1 DVR), FiOS Internet, and 3 cell phone lines (1400 min out of Verizon, unlimited texting) and our total bill is around $260/month.
Holy moley. That's an amazing deal.
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Well, good point about the bills, but if it was available, we would get basic. Problem with Bright House, TWC is not offered on basic. :no:
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Does anyone have anything good to say about Comcast? :bleh: If anything, you've all convinced me to stay away from them when I move and have to consider new services someday.
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Digital transition will be occurring soon in my area - got the initial paper last week...
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Happened here in Lansing on December 15th... as planned. I got the paper work and information back in mid October. Weird, it is apparently still a year away for the E.L.
This complicates everything considerably when it comes to traveling. None of the boxes, even the ones they claim to be porable, won't work in other areas (even other Comcast service). I have to share one cable box with my dad... and neither him nor I can watch TWC all nite.
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The digital transition occured in Philly's N&W suburbs last fall, but it's not expected to occur here anytime soon, AFAIK.
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still waiting for my new updated paper here's a tidbit i got from my friend
In addition to the faster Internet speeds and explosion of HD choices, the digital network enhancement, provided Comcast the opportunity to relaunch WBZ HD and WHDH HD in the Bristol County communities of Attleboro, Easton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea and Taunton today. The HD signals from those Boston broadcasters will return in Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Freetown, New Bedford and Dighton upon the completion of the digital network enhancement in those communities in April. WCVB HD, WGBH HD and WSBK HD remained on the lineup in Bristol County communities. Comcast has always provided all of the Boston broadcasters in standard definition within Bristol County.
so my area "Fall River" is transitioning in February/March/April which means the second wave in march i will get TWC HD finally from comcast!
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Does anyone have anything good to say about Comcast? :bleh: If anything, you've all convinced me to stay away from them when I move and have to consider new services someday.
The quality depends on where you live, regardless of provider. I've had no problems with Comcast here (Beltway Region - Prince George's County, MD, and Charles County, MD before that). However, I have noticed one thing - the problems a cable proivider has in an area are directly proportional to the amount of bad weather they have (and until the big blizzards, this area has been pretty tame from a weather standpoint over the past few years).
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As I stated in another thread, if you have a problem, get a Twitter account and tweet your complaint with a hashtag of #Comcast and some VERY good reps will help you (speaking from two experiences, with @ComcastBill and @ComcastBonnie). Heck, they helped Ozzie Guillen today!
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Neat update from AVS Forum - Comcast's next step in their video delivery is a massive channel reorganization effort. (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18612023#post18612023)
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Neat update from AVS Forum - Comcast's next step in their video delivery is a massive channel reorganization effort. ([url]http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18612023#post18612023[/url])
Honestly, considering Comcast's lineup (at least where I live) seems so random that it was put together by a drunk monkey, I think this channel reorganization is long overdue. We'll get used to it soon enough.
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Neat update from AVS Forum - Comcast's next step in their video delivery is a massive channel reorganization effort. ([url]http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18612023#post18612023[/url])
Honestly, considering Comcast's lineup (at least where I live) seems so random that it was put together by a drunk monkey, I think this channel reorganization is long overdue. We'll get used to it soon enough.
Really? Ours is quite organized to me. 20's is generally public /educational/government access, 30's has sports and movie networks, low-40's has news, mid-upper 40s has children networks, 50's has MTV and all of that. But, like they say... it's Crapcast :D
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Neat update from AVS Forum - Comcast's next step in their video delivery is a massive channel reorganization effort. ([url]http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18612023#post18612023[/url])
Honestly, considering Comcast's lineup (at least where I live) seems so random that it was put together by a drunk monkey, I think this channel reorganization is long overdue. We'll get used to it soon enough.
Really? Ours is quite organized to me. 20's is generally public /educational/government access, 30's has sports and movie networks, low-40's has news, mid-upper 40s has children networks, 50's has MTV and all of that. But, like they say... it's Crapcast :D
crapcast, cumcast, comcrap, it's all the same ;)
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Really? Ours is quite organized to me. 20's is generally public /educational/government access, 30's has sports and movie networks, low-40's has news, mid-upper 40s has children networks, 50's has MTV and all of that. But, like they say... it's Crapcast :D
Oh, ours is very different. In the mid 1990s there was a major channel lineup change (back in the days of MediaOne, if not Continental Cablevision), but there are still remnants of the higgeldy-piggeldy channel assignments from the 1980s that are still sticking around. Even the 1990s lineup change didn't do all that much in putting things into order. As if the analogue lineup isn't bad enough, the digital lineup, while pretending to be divided into categories based on the hundreds number, is still a complete disaster. Nothing makes sense. Why is C-SPAN 1, for example, 44, but C-SPAN 2 and 3 are in the 200s, separated by, of all things, ESPN Classics?!
BTW, The Weather Channel is 47 (used to be 48 before the 1990s change). WeatherScan is 245. The Weather Channel HD is 847, but that channel used to be just a repeat of WeatherScan (SD) until the TWC HD feed finally made its way here. (Not having an HD TV set, I can't watch it.) Actually, our digital line up contains a LOT of duplicated (and a couple triplicated!) channels! :dunno:
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Same here eric, you prob mean MSNBC on 96,98,and 251 and Weatherscan duplicated on channel 845
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Same here eric, you prob mean MSNBC on 96,98,and 251 and Weatherscan duplicated on channel 845
Billerica's lineup is somewhat different than yours, but we've got 2 (or 3?) MSNBCs and 2 Weatherscans. Talk about wasted bandwidth!
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Has Anyone been able to get a hold of the new Moto DCX Series HD/DVR boxes?
Here's some pics
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I wish. I was trying to get a hold of a Scientific Atlanta 8300 cable box... they refused to activate it. That really ticks me off :censored: But hey, i'll replace my DCT2000 with that pretty one any day :P
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This is the same model as my parents' first cable box from back in the day. They still have it, as a matter of fact, sitting in a box in some closet. I remember thinking the first time I saw it (other than way back in my youth when it was still in use) - "what the heck is this?!" :rofl:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Push_button_cable_box.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Push_button_cable_box.jpg)
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When I had US Cable back in Colorado (Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs), they gave us 2 ancient Pioneer set top boxes. they were the oddest things, but hey, they had a digital clock :rofl:
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When I had US Cable back in Colorado (Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs), they gave us 2 ancient Pioneer set top boxes. they were the oddest things, but hey, they had a digital clock :rofl:
This kind?
(http://www.cable-descramblers-and-cable-descramblers.com/pioneer-ba6110-6310-new.gif)
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Oh wow, I remember those. My grandparents had those at the shore until 2004.
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When I had US Cable back in Colorado (Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs), they gave us 2 ancient Pioneer set top boxes. they were the oddest things, but hey, they had a digital clock :rofl:
This kind?
([url]http://www.cable-descramblers-and-cable-descramblers.com/pioneer-ba6110-6310-new.gif[/url])
No, they were white :)
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Please accept my apologies for such a grossly inaccurate and misguided guess! :P
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Please accept my apologies for such a grossly inaccurate and misguided guess! :P
lol :rofl: Well, does anybody utilize the Moto DTA 100? Comcast sent me a few for the digital transition. Nice little things to me... if only my DCT2000 had a nice finish like that thing :biggrin:
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Well, does anybody utilize the Moto DTA 100? Comcast sent me a few for the digital transition. Nice little things to me... if only my DCT2000 had a nice finish like that thing :biggrin:
Yes, my parents have a small box very similar to the DTA 100. Without it, a TV plugged directly into the wall cable jack would get nothing but the broadcast and local access channels. The living room and a couple of the bedrooms have the DCT2000, but all the other rooms have to "make do" with the DTA 100. It actually saves a little money, since we're allowed to have up to 3 small boxes for free, whereas we have to pay a monthly rental fee for each DCT2000.
<sigh> I miss the days when you could record one show and watch another. Unfortunately, with the teeny-tiny cable box-free channel lineup, the only way that's possible now is to actually have two cable boxes in the room - one for the TV and one for the VCR. Not at all worth it, but, still, it's a feature I miss. :cry: Even worse, the DCT2000 doesn't have a program timer like the older cable boxes did. With those, you could set the cable box to turn on to the proper channel at the necessary time to record something. Now, you have to make sure you leave the cable box on the channel ahead of time, and you simply can't record a show on a different channel later unless you intervene yourself before the next show starts. That's a big disappointment.
Then again, the only show I record when I'm at work, or otherwise away, is Judge Judy :hammer:, which is on the same channel that the morning news is on, and I keep the cable box set to that for the TV to wake me up, so... I'm all set. :)
Did I use enough smileys in that message? :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:
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Did I use enough smileys in that message? :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:
That's a few too many to be honest, so please don't go too wild with them. Only one or two is plenty as stated from Martin's post in the Site News.
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Did I use enough smileys in that message? :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:
That's a few too many to be honest, so please don't go too wild with them. Only one or two is plenty as stated from Martin's post in the Site News.
How is it possible to teach an old dog new tricks? :)
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I am a bit off topic, but heres my new Crapcast logo. Opinions are appreciated :) (I know the kerning isn't proper yet ;) )
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I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
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I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
Huh? :blink:
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I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
Huh? :blink:
They can't screw up if no one is at the headend :rolleyes: It's all automated basically... If you are regarding that super bowl accident from Arizona a few years ago, I believe it was intended.
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Well, the first few days of having Comcast have been pretty good for me. I'm not sure what I'll think over the next months, but at least the installation process was pretty painless except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.
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Well, the first few days of having Comcast have been pretty good for me. I'm not sure what I'll think over the next months, but at least the installation process was pretty painless except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.
That's one of the joy's of having comcast :P
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except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.
That was the case here when they were hooking up our phone service back in 2005. It took like 3-4 hours. :wacko:
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Finally upgraded my old SA box from 2000 to a brand new one that uses the Cisco branding (after SA was acquired in 2005). It's smaller, a LOT faster, and I also get some HD channels. :D
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I am currently not recieving any SD channels, with the exception of locals. I am having to watch TWC HD, and I want my local data. :censored: No Weatherscan, no IntelliSTAR. :cry: Great job, Comcast! :club:
EDIT: I am recieving 2 SD channels that are not local. But still no WxScan or ISTAR.
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Comcast lied to us about Southern Jersey having 50 extra HD channels including TWC HD. I watched the local intellistar yesterday and saw TWC working there (the Avalon glitch still hasn't been fixed) but TWC HD doesn't appear on the channel listings yet.
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Comcast lied to us about Southern Jersey having 50 extra HD channels including TWC HD. I watched the local intellistar yesterday and saw TWC working there (the Avalon glitch still hasn't been fixed) but TWC HD doesn't appear on the channel listings yet.
Still don't have it here yet either. Comcast Lower Bucks has at least 50-75 more HD channels than Comcast Garden State. :hammer:
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They said Pleasantville, Glassboro and Vineland would get 50 more HD channels from July 5th, but nothing yet. :rolleyes:
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Finally upgraded my old SA box from 2000 to a brand new one that uses the Cisco branding (after SA was acquired in 2005). It's smaller, a LOT faster, and I also get some HD channels. :D
I swear my old cable box wasn't stereo capable. The one I have now has MUCH better surround sound, even on the non-HD channels. :blink:
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Comcast of Garden State Updates (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23953993-Comcast-of-Garden-StateUpdate~start=160)
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Comcast just removed TWC HD from our lineup :cry:
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Comcast just removed TWC HD from our lineup :cry:
Maybe a Carriage dispute between Comcast of your area and TWC?
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Comcast just removed TWC HD from our lineup :cry:
I never heard of them removing an HD channel... did they explain why? :blink:
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Well, I found out that it wasn't just TWC HD.
Multiple other HD channels were showing a black screen. Such as NICK HD, DISNEY HD, USA HD, etc.
Maybe it is just Comcast.
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Well, I found out that it wasn't just TWC HD.
Multiple other HD channels were showing a black screen. Such as NICK HD, DISNEY HD, USA HD, etc.
Maybe it is just Comcast.
Why did you say TWC was removed if it was just a black screen? Happens now and then
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Finally upgraded my old SA box from 2000 to a brand new one that uses the Cisco branding (after SA was acquired in 2005). It's smaller, a LOT faster, and I also get some HD channels. :D
Do the Cisco boxes from Comcast use the i-Guide like the Motorola ones?
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Finally upgraded my old SA box from 2000 to a brand new one that uses the Cisco branding (after SA was acquired in 2005). It's smaller, a LOT faster, and I also get some HD channels. :D
Do the Cisco boxes from Comcast use the i-Guide like the Motorola ones?
No, but they're in the process of changing them over to that.
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Well, I found out that it wasn't just TWC HD.
Multiple other HD channels were showing a black screen. Such as NICK HD, DISNEY HD, USA HD, etc.
Maybe it is just Comcast.
Why did you say TWC was removed if it was just a black screen? Happens now and then
Because Comcasst had told us once before that some channels were being removed. Now, we have no TV at all because of a little rain shower that "ruined the Cisco box" :rolleyes:..it is supposed to be back in 2 hours. Maybe TWC HD and all of the other channels will return then.
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If not get on the online chat or use a Twitter hashtag of #Comcast and be very polite and ask why you've lost a bunch of HD channels. Key word is VERY VERY POLITE.
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Comcast said that lightning struck one of their boxes...but I was up for most of the night, and I saw no lightning/heard no thunder. Most of the channels are back except for the locals....I am not near Comcast right now, so I can't check if TWC/TWC HD is back.
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Well, I found out that it wasn't just TWC HD.
Multiple other HD channels were showing a black screen. Such as NICK HD, DISNEY HD, USA HD, etc.
Maybe it is just Comcast.
Why did you say TWC was removed if it was just a black screen? Happens now and then
Because Comcasst had told us once before that some channels were being removed. Now, we have no TV at all because of a little rain shower that "ruined the Cisco box" :rolleyes:..it is supposed to be back in 2 hours. Maybe TWC HD and all of the other channels will return then.
Well I wouldn't have posted they removed TWC just because you had a black screen. Its not common for a cable company to ever remove major channels
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Comcast just sucks. It just does. I used to have TWC on Channel 45 until on April 1st, 2010, Comcast removed it from our lineup because they wanted us to upgrade to this 'digital' whatever package thing.
We are thinking about switching to Dish Network or to a local cable company that is being used to a town next to us.
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Try switching to the local cable company, you may be getting a legacy STAR.
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Monroe Cable System was bought out by Comcast around 2000 in my area. (Monroe, MI).
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Comcast just sucks. It just does. I used to have TWC on Channel 45 until on April 1st, 2010, Comcast removed it from our lineup because they wanted us to upgrade to this 'digital' whatever package thing.
We are thinking about switching to Dish Network or to a local cable company that is being used to a town next to us.
I wounder if they are dropping all of their analog cable channels? Our Comcast did the same thing two years ago in my area. They still have TWC at least, but no WxScan or TWC HD.
The thing is, I think most cable companys are reqiured to transfer their analog cable channels to digital begining in 2012 (kind of like what happen with the digital TV transition for broadcast stations).
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They arent required yet but its a choice so subscribers can be satisfied to more HD channels and faster internet speeds
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We used to have like 60ish channels. Now we only have 15, 4 of them which are spanish.
They got rid off all my favorite channels like TLC, Food Network, TWC, MSNBC, Discovery, ESPN, Altitude and tons more.
So yea, we are definately switching.
And LocalOnThe8's I think they only have the satellite version. IDK yet.
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And LocalOnThe8's I think they only have the satellite version. IDK yet.
Whoa a cable company without the money to carry a STAR but can carry TWC? :blink:
As for the digital thing, just get a DTA from Comcast. They shouldnt be expensive and then your channels should be back
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And LocalOnThe8's I think they only have the satellite version. IDK yet.
Whoa a cable company without the money to carry a STAR but can carry TWC? :blink:
As for the digital thing, just get a DTA from Comcast. They shouldnt be expensive and then your channels should be back
The DTAs are indeed free. I got two of them for free. It allows you to view the lower frequencies that are digital (100 and lower, or what the headend tells them to decode...) They are NOT TiVo friendly, but they do the job.
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The DTAs are NOT free. They may be for a certain amount of time, but I think they add $5/month to your bill or something like that.
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The DTAs are NOT free. They may be for a certain amount of time, but I think they add $5/month to your bill or something like that.
You get 1 box plus 2 DTA's free with digital services here (I'd assume it's the same around the country or we'd hear about it). Additional DTA's are $1.99/mo without additional outlet fees, I believe.
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This "digital migration" is a complete disaster. EVERYBODY is pissed, I've never seen anything like it.
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This "digital migration" is a complete disaster. EVERYBODY is pissed, I've never seen anything like it.
I don't understand what the problem is. So long as people are prepared, then there's no problem at all.
In my family, most of the TVs already had digital cable boxes. Those that didn't were equipped with the free digital converter boxes from Comcast before the cut-off date, so our house never lost service on any of its TVs.
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I don't understand what the problem is. So long as people are prepared, then there's no problem at all.
In my family, most of the TVs already had digital cable boxes. Those that didn't were equipped with the free digital converter boxes from Comcast before the cut-off date, so our house never lost service on any of its TVs.
For starters, they changed the cutoff date from 8/17 to 8/10. My sister was notified by mail, but we never were. Hooked it all up today... two of our boxes work, one doesn't. Personally, my picture quality was better before than it is now. And the ultimate insult: I'm only getting satellite forecasts on TWC... I'm hoping it's just an outage.
And besides, I was very happy with what I had. It irritates me when people can't leave well enough alone.
Is this really being mandated by the federal government? They suck more than Comcast. :censored:
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This "digital migration" is a complete disaster. EVERYBODY is pissed, I've never seen anything like it.
Agreed. It adds to your bill, contributes wire clutter, and the signal gets blurry at times. <_<
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This "digital migration" is a complete disaster. EVERYBODY is pissed, I've never seen anything like it.
I don't understand what the problem is. So long as people are prepared, then there's no problem at all.
In my family, most of the TVs already had digital cable boxes. Those that didn't were equipped with the free digital converter boxes from Comcast before the cut-off date, so our house never lost service on any of its TVs.
I agree. People get all bent out of shape because they actually have to change something. Its like the people having to upgrade when the OTA signals went digital
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People get all bent out of shape because they actually have to change something.
You just hit the nail on the head! :hammer:
It doesn't matter what kind of change it is, or how incredibly beneficial it will be - there are just some people out there who are categorically opposed to any kind of change whatsoever, and they'll always view it as a bad thing.
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the signal gets blurry at times. <_<
I've had people who upgraded 6 months ago tell me that.
I AM a bit of a Technophobe, but I would'nt be so irate if it went smoother, or if people in Comcast's customer service/tech support actually knew what they were talking about. :wacko:
I have yet to see one benefit to this.
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the signal gets blurry at times. <_<
I've had people who upgraded 6 months ago tell me that.
I AM a bit of a Technophobe, but I would'nt be so irate if it went smoother, or if people in Comcast's customer service/tech support actually knew what they were talking about. :wacko:
I have yet to see one benefit to this.
Customer support is key in transitions like this! Comcast hasn't been the gold star winner in that category! haha
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the signal gets blurry at times. <_<
I've had people who upgraded 6 months ago tell me that.
I AM a bit of a Technophobe, but I would'nt be so irate if it went smoother, or if people in Comcast's customer service/tech support actually knew what they were talking about. :wacko:
I have yet to see one benefit to this.
Customer support is key in transitions like this! Comcast hasn't been the gold star winner in that category! haha
For me, the biggest thing that pisses me off with this transition is activating the equipment, and the problems with the equipment. I set up a Motorola DCH100 for my neighbors, and Comcast decided to screw up yet again with the M-Card I believe... so it kept flashing this red box with a string of errors and memory references... but oh well. I'll be open to change.
And one thing with Comcast is that they try to suck every dime and nickel out of you. They are charging us 8 dollars to rent a box. Sure, not that bad, but for one of the crappiest packages that they can give us (no HD), it totals up to 100$ a month. To add the HD service, they charge 15-20$ here. Ohh, how much I hate money :hmm:
And aside from that, I bought a new cable box from them to replace the DTA I have on my TV in the basement. I most certainly hope it isn't this one (look at attached picture). I want a clock on it! lol
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the signal gets blurry at times. <_<
I've had people who upgraded 6 months ago tell me that.
I AM a bit of a Technophobe, but I would'nt be so irate if it went smoother, or if people in Comcast's customer service/tech support actually knew what they were talking about. :wacko:
I have yet to see one benefit to this.
Customer support is key in transitions like this! Comcast hasn't been the gold star winner in that category! haha
For me, the biggest thing that pisses me off with this transition is activating the equipment, and the problems with the equipment. I set up a Motorola DCH100 for my neighbors, and Comcast decided to screw up yet again with the M-Card I believe... so it kept flashing this red box with a string of errors and memory references... but oh well. I'll be open to change.
And one thing with Comcast is that they try to suck every dime and nickel out of you. They are charging us 8 dollars to rent a box. Sure, not that bad, but for one of the crappiest packages that they can give us (no HD), it totals up to 100$ a month. To add the HD service, they charge 15-20$ here. Ohh, how much I hate money :hmm:
And aside from that, I bought a new cable box from them to replace the DTA I have on my TV in the basement. I most certainly hope it isn't this one (look at attached picture). I want a clock on it! lol
:blink: My comcast only charges $6 an outlet for HD capabilities.
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And one thing with Comcast is that they try to suck every dime and nickel out of you. They are charging us 8 dollars to rent a box. Sure, not that bad, but for one of the crappiest packages that they can give us (no HD), it totals up to 100$ a month. To add the HD service, they charge 15-20$ here. Ohh, how much I hate money :hmm:
And aside from that, I bought a new cable box from them to replace the DTA I have on my TV in the basement. I most certainly hope it isn't this one (look at attached picture). I want a clock on it! lol
You should be getting 1 SD box + 2 DTAs for free, then additional boxes at the additional outlet fee (here it's $8/mo). HD service here is only $7/mo as well (used to be $7/outlet, but that changed within the last couple months). Also your bill shouldn't be $100/mo on the basic package without HD - unless you have Internet with them. My current bill is $137 with the Starter+Internet bundle, $9.99 Preferred promotion, and HD (1 DTA/1 HD box, so no additional outlet fees).
And for all things holy, don't rent a modem from Comcast. Spend the $50 or so up front and buy your own box. 10 months and you've already paid for it.
You will be getting the same STAR with the DTA/boxes as you had before.
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And one thing with Comcast is that they try to suck every dime and nickel out of you. They are charging us 8 dollars to rent a box. Sure, not that bad, but for one of the crappiest packages that they can give us (no HD), it totals up to 100$ a month. To add the HD service, they charge 15-20$ here. Ohh, how much I hate money :hmm:
And aside from that, I bought a new cable box from them to replace the DTA I have on my TV in the basement. I most certainly hope it isn't this one (look at attached picture). I want a clock on it! lol
You should be getting 1 SD box + 2 DTAs for free, then additional boxes at the additional outlet fee (here it's $8/mo). HD service here is only $7/mo as well (used to be $7/outlet, but that changed within the last couple months). Also your bill shouldn't be $100/mo on the basic package without HD - unless you have Internet with them. My current bill is $137 with the Starter+Internet bundle, $9.99 Preferred promotion, and HD (1 DTA/1 HD box, so no additional outlet fees).
And for all things holy, don't rent a modem from Comcast. Spend the $50 or so up front and buy your own box. 10 months and you've already paid for it.
You will be getting the same STAR with the DTA/boxes as you had before.
Never have I said that I wouldn't be getting the same STAR :P
Anyways, this is how much they are charging me...
Digital Cable
- Digital Preferred
- On Demand
$77.93
Sports
- Entertainment Tier
$7.95
Digital Adapter
- Quantity: 2
$0.00
Equipment Fee
- Digital Box SD (2)
$15.90
Cable Television Tax
- Franchise Fee $5.15
- FCC Regulatory Fee $0.08
- MI Regulatory Fee $0.02
$5.95
This all totals up to $107.93. Ohh what a ripoff... but what ever. Cheaper then U-Verse... and I am shocked that Michigan didn't tax the crap out of it. But the HD price here is a ripoff... I hear that other areas will often get HD for FREE, or for a low price like $5-10.
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And one thing with Comcast is that they try to suck every dime and nickel out of you. They are charging us 8 dollars to rent a box. Sure, not that bad, but for one of the crappiest packages that they can give us (no HD), it totals up to 100$ a month. To add the HD service, they charge 15-20$ here. Ohh, how much I hate money :hmm:
And aside from that, I bought a new cable box from them to replace the DTA I have on my TV in the basement. I most certainly hope it isn't this one (look at attached picture). I want a clock on it! lol
You should be getting 1 SD box + 2 DTAs for free, then additional boxes at the additional outlet fee (here it's $8/mo). HD service here is only $7/mo as well (used to be $7/outlet, but that changed within the last couple months). Also your bill shouldn't be $100/mo on the basic package without HD - unless you have Internet with them. My current bill is $137 with the Starter+Internet bundle, $9.99 Preferred promotion, and HD (1 DTA/1 HD box, so no additional outlet fees).
And for all things holy, don't rent a modem from Comcast. Spend the $50 or so up front and buy your own box. 10 months and you've already paid for it.
You will be getting the same STAR with the DTA/boxes as you had before.
Never have I said that I wouldn't be getting the same STAR :P
Anyways, this is how much they are charging me...
Digital Cable
- Digital Preferred
- On Demand
$77.93
Sports
- Entertainment Tier
$7.95
Digital Adapter
- Quantity: 2
$0.00
Equipment Fee
- Digital Box SD (2)
$15.90
Cable Television Tax
- Franchise Fee $5.15
- FCC Regulatory Fee $0.08
- MI Regulatory Fee $0.02
$5.95
This all totals up to $107.93. Ohh what a ripoff... but what ever. Cheaper then U-Verse... and I am shocked that Michigan didn't tax the crap out of it. But the HD price here is a ripoff... I hear that other areas will often get HD for FREE, or for a low price like $5-10.
OK. Here's how I would help you out here.... a) cancel the sports package. It's a ripoff as it is, and you can find streams of any game online for free if you so desperately need it. b) I would call Comcast's customer retentions department and ask what promotions they are offering. Typical promotions last 6 months. At the end of the 5th month is when you call back and ask for another promotional package. This is assuming you're a valued customer and that you're always paid on time, they should have no problem.
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I don't see the need for a sports package... most sports can be viewed on the big 3 networks and ESPN anyway.
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I don't see the need for a sports package... most sports can be viewed on the big 3 networks and ESPN anyway.
or streamed "for free" online... when I say "for free," I mean someone is streaming it from their house.
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Equipment Fee
- Digital Box SD (2)
$15.90
This can't be right, unless they are DVRs. Looks like you're being billed for two additional outlet fees when you should only have 1 - and it shouldn't be $16 (more like $8). Dump the Sports pack and you're at just over $90.
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Has anyone's Comcast Logo been updated to a Xfinity TV Logo?
my area got it this morning *Before & After Attached
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Interesting, so Comcast is now rebranded as Xfinity? I thought Xfinity was a seperate brand from Comcast
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Thats old news and your just now finding out :huh: i couldve sworn it was announced here on the forums :unsure:
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You'll only see the xfinity branding if your area has fully migrated over to the brand. My area has not. My logos all still say Comcast.
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It doesn't matter what kind of change it is, or how incredibly beneficial it will be - there are just some people out there who are categorically opposed to any kind of change whatsoever, and they'll always view it as a bad thing.
Change is the only constant in life, that's an undeniable fact.
Change for the better is great. Lateral change (no better or worse, just different) is acceptable. Change for the worse PISSES ME OFF TO NO END. I'm waiting to see what this does to my bill before I decide between lateral and worse. One week in, and I have yet to see ONE REASON to make me believe that this change is the least bit beneficial. I have a slew of new channels I didn't have before (95% of which are crap). If they expect me to pay for all these channels I don't want nor ever asked for (and I have no reason to believe they won't), then they're going to lose a customer; it's that (bleep)ing simple.
Here's the crux of the problem: A Technician was finally out here today. As we suspected, the box they gave us at first didn't work. The Tech went out to his truck, got another brand new box and guess what??? IT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. The third box finally worked. Non-functional equipment is the #1 complaint about this stupid upgrade.
I'm tolerating it for the time being.
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Well, I got my new cable box. It is a "revamped" DCT2000. I like it better then my other DCT2000 I own. This one actually looks nice on a HDTV, and not all stretched. It also have Dolby Digital integrated, unlike my other one.
And as for Xfinity. I honestly can't wait for it to be debuted in the Lansing media market. It'll be a change from the Comcast branding. Same company, but whatever.
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I'm so desperate to switch to Verizon now, but this is what I get. Looks like I'll be having Comcast for quite some time since I live in a subdivision managed by a company and not by the city. :angry: I even saw fiber optics being installed on the street outside my subdivision and was hoping that was a sign of it coming here soon.
I am sorry for the delay. I am not showing FiOS being available at the address. At this time we do not have a date when FiOS will be available.
Verizon continues to work to provide FiOS access to as many customers as possible. So, while you may not qualify for services from Verizon today, it is possible that you could be able to receive it in the future as the technologies improve.
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I have a feeling that Comcast has just removed TWC from the analog lineup here. The TWC analog feed went out at about 3:15 PM ET, while the feed coming through our digital box was uninterrupted. The folks over at Broadband Reports (http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r23882473-central-PA-world-of-more-updates) are saying that the York/Hanover system is supposed to be upgraded to all digital next month, but maybe they are getting a heard start?
Edit: TWC was back on analog as of 9 PM ET.
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/me screams: "I now have The Weather Channel in High Definition, as of today! Channel 815!"
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/me screams: "I now have The Weather Channel in High Definition, as of today! Channel 815!"
Awesome! I probably have it too then, I'll check later.
Speaking of analog, the entire analog lineup here (even local channels) will be gone by mid February... I'm sure this applies to all headends that use Cisco/SA equipment. Meanwhile Bensalem's headend still has channels 2-28, 96, 99, and 120 on analog since the rest of the lineup was phased out about a year ago. Not sure how long that's gonna last.
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I have a feeling that Comcast has just removed TWC from the analog lineup here. The TWC analog feed went out at about 3:15 PM ET, while the feed coming through our digital box was uninterrupted. The folks over at Broadband Reports ([url]http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r23882473-central-PA-world-of-more-updates[/url]) are saying that the York/Hanover system is supposed to be upgraded to all digital next month, but maybe they are getting a heard start?
I have yet to find anybody who thinks this is an improvement. :dunno:
I know two people who have already left Comcast as a direct result of this, and three more are seriously thinking about it. A buddy of mine switched to UVerse, but it was even worse so he went back to Comcast.
Technology... :rolleyes:
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Got our three DTAs in the mail today. They're setup and ready for Comcast to shut off analog.
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/me screams: "I now have The Weather Channel in High Definition, as of today! Channel 815!"
lol how do you think I felt last February? I got that HD box (which I still use) to finally see the channel last February, after realizing that the HD channels had been in our package since October '09 :P
Got our three DTAs in the mail today. They're setup and ready for Comcast to shut off analog.
When we ordered ours back in November 2009, I was really surprised that we got two digital cable boxes instead of the little adapters. I'm also surprised we got away with that for as long as we did.
But Comcast is ridiculous with their charges. Back in February, all I had to do was exchange one of our digital cable boxes for a new HD box. Since we had two adapters, that wasn't a problem.
Then come July, Comcast sends us a letter notifying us we were not paying enough. Then in November when we got two new HDTVs, I was told over the phone that all we had to do was bring in the SD boxes in exchange for the HD boxes with no additional charges on the bill.
I have been told all along that the HD boxes are only $7.95 a month/piece, as are the SD boxes. We get to the office and are told the HD boxes are $8.95/month... and we were only being charged $3.95 for one of the boxes we had. :wacko:
Then we apparently lost our HD service just before Christmas (even though the channels were working on two of our 3 HD boxes)... and got more added on to our bill to continue it. Gotta love Comcast!
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Comcast Newsmakers at 25 and 55 past on HLN. Why do they preempt some of HLN for that :angry: Wish it was on NECN.
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My experience with Crapfinity by Crapcast: horrible interactive TV (like I want to record Indestructibles, when I don't, like I want to watch a movie I don't - those I can't disable), common internet outages during thunderstorms (Verizon FiOS, which my cousin has, doesn't have that), crappy messages on cable boxes (ADVERTISING, like I love wrestling when I hate it), the phone system hooking me up to a support person every time I want to refresh my modem because they think it has too many refreshes in recent times when we haven't done anything to it, a HUGE MONOPOLY on my neighborhood (my town at fault, they think FiOS sucks when "Xfinity" is really the bad one), high cable bills used to build big buildings in Philly, and much more bad stuff.
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Comcast made themselves look worse with the "Xfinity" branding. Every week I have some kind of issues with their crappy DTAs that still don't get all the channels I once had with analog (i.e. Weatherscan, truTV). They really should ditch the DTAs and go back to analog. Sure it uses more bandwidth, but who cares, it's a lot more simple and convenient. At least analog cable doesn't frequently pixelate or have its weekly "service unavailable" crap. And please, ADD MORE CHANNELS TO QAM! :censored:
The people I talk to over the phone seem to have no idea what I'm saying to them either when I ask them about QAM or their crappy DTAs.
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Hate to break it to you, but them rebranding to Xfinity has nothing to do with your DTAs not working.
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Hate to break it to you, but them rebranding to Xfinity has nothing to do with your DTAs not working.
I know it's to compete with other companies... but the name certainly doesn't describe how they are really like. :P
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With a name like Xfinity you would think they would have the IS2 in every metro area by now, NOT :bleh:
"Now that's Comcastic!"
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Comcast made themselves look worse with the "Xfinity" branding. Every week I have some kind of issues with their crappy DTAs that still don't get all the channels I once had with analog (i.e. Weatherscan, truTV). They really should ditch the DTAs and go back to analog. Sure it uses more bandwidth, but who cares, it's a lot more simple and convenient. At least analog cable doesn't frequently pixelate or have its weekly "service unavailable" crap. And please, ADD MORE CHANNELS TO QAM! :censored:
The people I talk to over the phone seem to have no idea what I'm saying to them either when I ask them about QAM or their crappy DTAs.
I hate to break it to you, unfortunately, but it may have to do with the strength of the signal coming from your cable line... If you have excessive splits going through the line leading to your DTA, your signal's not going to be strong enough to grab some of your channels. The DTA only displays the "service unavailable" screen only if it cannot lock on to a signal for the specified channel. I would have Comcast out to look at your line or remove the excessive splits. Your choice.