Cablevision STARS

[Kevin K]

Hi STAR Team,

I recently moved back to north jersey (after graduating college) and when I signed up with Cablevision I discovered my STAR has been changed. I'm guessing merged with other systems since it also has a different ID.

My primary CC used to be Teterboro but it is now Newark. While Newark is an important city and is most likely served by this STAR, Cablevision doesn't provide service to most of the towns surrounding Newark (here is a map of cable franchises in NJ to verify- http://www.cablenj.org/files/10_FranchiseMap3-4-10.pdf). For this reason, I would strongly recommend that the primary CC be in either Bergen or Passaic county, with Newark retained as a secondary city on the LDL. Also, Linden needs to be removed since it is served by Comcast. I am suggesting that Hackensack be the primary CC with Newark and Wayne as secondary sites. I also suggested other observation cities to be listed during the lf since most of them now are just repeats of what is already on the metro map (see below).

I actually like the new map better than the old one since I've always thought the old map covered too large an area. The STAR Team really did a great job with it except one small detail. Montclair is not positioned correctly and cannot be without making some other changes. I think the easiest way to fix this would be to removed Montclair and replace it with Parsippany.

Here is a summary of my suggestions:

Cablevision
Ch. 62
ID: 23228

LDL: Hackensack (primary), Newark, Wayne
 
8 Cities List: Bayonne, Bergenfield, Clifton, Hoboken, Oakland, Old Tappan, Paramus, Ramsey
 
Forecast: Change to Hackensack
 
Map: Remove Montclair and add Parsippany

Also would like to make a request for another STAR. This one is also Cablevision's and serves Central Jersey. Unfortunately I do not know the ID, but it is the one that serves New Brunswick and the surrounding area. Currently the three LDL sites are Piscataway, Somerville, and the Meadowlands. I would suggest changing the primary site to New Brunswick since it is a city and Piscataway is a suburban town. Somerville is a good choice and should stay. However, I do have to ask what you guys were thinking when you chose the Meadowlands for this STAR. The Meadowlands are in North Jersey (more specifically Bergen County) and certainly not served by this STAR, I would suggest changing it Old Bridge instead.

I would really appreciate it if you could make these changes.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Kevin K]

Really hate to bump this up, but could you please look into this and let me know what you think of my suggestions.

Thanks.

[TWCToday]

Bumping is not necessary as the STAR team usually views every requests and comments if time is available

[Kevin K]

Bumping is not necessary as the STAR team usually views every requests and comments if time is available

I understand, I sure they have read it and I know that they probably busy, but since its been over a week, I figured they may have forgotten.

[gt1racerlHDl]

If i'm not mistaken the same thing happened to the Bronx NY (and surrounding NYC areas) Istar which was merged with the Downtown NYC Istar to become the New York Intellistar per request of Cablevision of New York City. so it seems the same has occurred per request of Cablevision Of New Jersey.