SECV - New Website in Cable users http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20031440 en Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:40:57 EDT Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:40:57 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23478963 JeepMatt : Visiting home this weekend -

Finally got to see the DTA's.... It's a DC50x -

Pretty cool. They get channels 1-100, plus - it gives them all the Music Choice channels in the 400's...

(Even my mom didn't realize that...lol)

Oh, also - my brother had to get his DVR swapped out - he now has a Pace model.... they interchange brands of STB's on SECV like crazy... way back they had a Moxi, then a Moto, now a Pace...

Still looks like the I-Guide is a version from Sept of 2008.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23478963 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:01:12 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23360461 cypherstream : dishrich,

David beats Goliath!

You gotta watch out for those small quiet guys.

I'm right on their border. I have Comcast now, but many family and friends have SECV. Looking at places to live, it would most likely be into SECV territory, just the nature of the markets and the area's that would be a good compromise between our jobs.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23360461 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:27 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23360192 dishrich : They even ALSO give everyone Music Choice thru the DTA as well! I assume this means it's also in Clear QAM, so it too would be available on any QAM tuner.

God, why can't WE have something like this here... :uhh: :mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23360192 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:20 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23359659 cypherstream : Here's their website about it:
»dta.secv.com/

What do I need for each additional TV connection where I wish to view ALL channels in the Classic Cable Lineup?

You will need one of the following from Service Electric: a) DTA b) Digital Converter c) HD Converter d) HD/DVR Converter, OR a TV with a built-in digital tuner. If you are not sure if your TV has a built-in digital tuner, check your manual or with your set’s manufacturer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23359659 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:22:33 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision going digital http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23359224 dishrich :
said by cypherstream See Profile :

It's cool that SECV will let you BUY one and OWN it for $50.
Even COOLER that it will be in Clear QAM - just like Massillon Cable
»www.massilloncabletv.com/Library···5-09.pdf

Whom will it affect?

Customers with the Classic Cable package (channels 2 through 83) who use TVs that don't have built-in digital tuners. They will need a digital transport adapter for each TV that does not have a built-in digital tuner.
They actually openly advertise this, to their subs advantage - unlike some "other" cable co... :uhh: ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23359224 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:33 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23328259 motorola870 : are the DTA's that SECV is deploying PACE?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23328259 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:24:44 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301080 cypherstream : A friend traded in an old slow DCT-2000 for a new small Pace box. I think its this one: »www.pace.com/americas/products/p···20Butler

It's much faster than the DCT-2000, does scaled video in the menus, and it's running I-Guide A25. It has a cable card built inside of it, and composite A/V out jacks. It's really small. I'd say an Arris Touchstone telephony modem is bigger than this thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301080 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:06 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision going digital http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23200409 cypherstream : It's cool that SECV will let you BUY one and OWN it for $50.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23200409 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:40:29 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision going digital http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23199183 JeepMatt : Cypher-
I walked my mom through installing her first DTA this morning. She picked two up at the Sunbury office this past week.

She got it hooked up - then, the instructions said it would take up to 30 minutes for the box to activate - and that a red light on the front would blink until it was finished - and then would go solid.

So, I called back 30 minutes later, and it still hadn't registered, but as we were talking it went solid and the channels came in.

Now, they can watch Big 10 Network in the kitchen again! ;)

I've never seen a DTA in person, so not sure if Comcast is using the same kind.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23199183 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:54:21 EDT Service Electric Cablevision going digital http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23155253 cypherstream : from Reading Eagle: »readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=160464
Service Electric Cablevision going digital

Some customers will need to add adapters to TVs

Reading Eagle

Service Electric Cablevision is notifying customers it will be converting most of its channels to digital only.

That means customers without digital-ready TVs are going to need adapters to keep watching those channels.

The company, which serves about 33,000 customers in 30 municipalities in Berks and Chester counties, has prepared a notice explaining the changes.

Here are some basics from Service Electric:

Whom will it affect?

Customers with the Classic Cable package (channels 2 through 83) who use TVs that don't have built-in digital tuners. They will need a digital transport adapter for each TV that does not have a built-in digital tuner. To find out if your TV has a built-in digital tuner, check the owner's manual or contact the manufacturer.

How do I get an adapter?

Free digital transport adapters are being sent to existing Service Electric subscribers. That package will include details on how to order a second free adapter.

What if I have more than two TVs that need adapters?

Additional adapters will be available to rent for $1.95 month or buy for $50 each.

When will the digital change happen?

Service Electric has begun switching channels in some markets.

Am I getting any new channels?

Service Electric will add the Big Ten Network and 45 commercial-free music channels from Music Choice at no additional cost.

Why is this happening?

Most cable providers are switching over to digital. According to Service Electric, the move will create increased network capacity for more high-definition channels, faster Internet services and future products. The company also says digital signals provide superior picture and sound quality.

What if I don't install adapters on some of my TVs?

Those TVs should still be able to display broadcast channels carried by Service Electric, including CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, CW, My TV and PBS. For the time being, they will be transmitted in both digital and analog signals.

How does the adapter work?

The digital transport adapter is a small box that can receive digital cable signals and convert them to analog. It will connect between the customer's cable outlet on the wall and the TV.

Besides customers with digital-ready TVs, who else doesn't need an adapter?

Customers who already have a digital or high-definition converter will not need the digital transport adapters.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23155253 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:32:26 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23072959 cypherstream : I'm pretty sure that all the work SECV and Cable Services LLC have been doing is replacing Phillips/Magnavox Diamond Line I series 750 MHz equipment with C-COR FlexMAX 601 1 GHz equipment. They are available as drop in upgrades to Phillips/Magnavox Diamond Line I/II housings, hence why some housings say C-COR, while some say Magnavox, but they are identical in size and casing (same fins and everything).

They are using the following from this product catalog:
»www.arrisi.com/products/broadban···uide.pdf

Page 18 OptiMAX 4100 4x4 1 GHz segmentable node (In redesigned node's and new builds)

Page 20 OptiMAX 3100 2x2 1 GHz segmentable node (Replaces Diamond Line I guts in Magnavox housings - current nodes where no redesign was necessary)

Page 32 FlexMAX 601 1 GHz Trunk & Bridger amplifiers (upgrades to Magnavox housings) Also new C-COR housings in certain area's.

Page 34 FlexMAX 601-L 1 GHz line extender amplifier (upgrades to Magnavox housings)

Page 40 FlexMAX 321 Line Extender (upgrades to Phillips MMLE housings)

So this is why SECV has way more HD channels than Comcast in most markets. SECV has taken the time, along with contractor Cable Services, LLC. to upgrade the old Magnavox Diamond Line HFC system to new Arris (formally C-COR) 1 GHz technology.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23072959 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:26:22 EDT Re: Red Zone Live http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23058505 cypherstream : Wow! I was just telling my Dad about the Red Zone channel on Comcast and he said he didn't think they had it on SECV. Well I'll give him those numbers to check.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23058505 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:16:54 EDT Red Zone Live http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23057858 JeepMatt : I'll be damned...

SECV now adds NFL Red Zone in both SD and HD! (185/585)

And no $50 charge like FIOS! :(
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23057858 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:12:56 EDT Re: Big 10 to Debut! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22950206 cypherstream : QAM Box .... ie) DTA?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22950206 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:43:49 EDT Big 10 to Debut! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22950160 JeepMatt : »www.dailyitem.com/0200_sports/lo···610.html

Deal is done!

Channel 30
Overflows 181-185
HD 514

I found it interesting they mentioned QAM boxes in the story....lol. Even though it will be on 30 - it will not be analog. Good move by SECV.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22950160 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:06:59 EDT Re: Close to Big 10 Network Agreement http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22823496 cypherstream : Who does the BTN think they are? That's too niche of a network to be included on everyones package. They need to get over their huge heads and realize operators are going to want to put those niche type of channels on other tiers for those who want it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22823496 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:46:47 EDT Close to Big 10 Network Agreement http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22823406 JeepMatt : »www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/loca···topstory

I always could never believe that they haven't carried BTN all this time - but it looks like my brother and parents could finally get to see BTN on Service Electric....

Sunbury is 70 miles due East of State College - no BTN

I'm in Delaware with FIOS, get BTN, the overflows, and the HD channel.

Makes no sense.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22823406 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:51:41 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22696859 cypherstream : My Dad got the triple play package up in Fleetwood, PA and it works great. I was there today and saw they installed an Arris Touchtone telephony modem in the lower level of their house where the electrical box is. Their HSI still comes over their owned Motorola SB5100 and clocks in about 15~17mbps down and 1.8mbps up.

And yes they did add Cartoon Network HD (Ch 259 I think?).

All around great service from SECV!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22696859 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:19:33 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650949 cypherstream : They are still upgrading stuff down our way.

For a few months on this street there was long slack of hardline extending passed the poles. The other day they finally got it cut to length and spliced in.

There's still a few of the larger devices with the MAGNAVOX brand stampped over them. The majority of the system is now C-Cor though. However after Magnavox became Phillips, C-Cor bought them out. So it's understandable that's the progression they made. The latest stuff will most likely bear the Arris name, because Arris bought C-Cor.
Click for full size
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650949 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:46:33 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638571 Eat Me :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

Cartoon Network HD now launched on the Sunbury system.

They have HD's FIOS doesn't even carry yet!
Hmm. That will probably mean it's coming our way soon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638571 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:58:40 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22609160 JeepMatt : Cartoon Network HD now launched on the Sunbury system.

They have HD's FIOS doesn't even carry yet!
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22609160 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:30:37 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22403896 cypherstream : Well it's at my Dad's house, but I was there this weekend and checked it out...

Modem levels are now +8 forward, 37 snr, +44 return. They said it's been stable as a rock since the amp was installed.

I checked it out and it's an Antronix amp which supposidly does return path by 10db / forward by 15db IIRC. It has 3 ports on it. 1 Input, 1 Output, and 1 for the power injector. The cable comes into it, then the output goes to a 3-way balanced (one modem, one DCT-6200, one analog TV). The DCT-6200 shows +40 for the upstream modem at 11 MHz.

They have a very long underground drop out in the woods. The pedestal is pretty far up the street. There's two drops from it, but the way the wiring is setup in the home, drop one goes to that amp+3 way at that end of the house, and the other drop feeds the downstairs, and a few extra bedroom outlets. It's not possible to easily split the modem on it's own drop, unless doing some wiring outside and drilling into the brick to the inside along the other end of the house and into the office.

There gonna leave it as is since everything is working, but if I have any updates I'll post. I didn't agree with the amp either, but at least it's a decent brand all of the levels are within spec and everything's working.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22403896 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:30:51 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22385358 Clearpix : Cypher, I think you got a bad tech who put the amp on your line to fix an upstream problem. Ask your relatives what number value is on the tap. 53 still sounds too high. The higher tap values will have the highest TX levels. The lasers (and possibly actives)might need balancing ...the sweeping that Jeep referred to.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22385358 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:34 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22378237 JeepMatt : Cypher-
Odd...

That same scenario happened to my mom's line - downstream and SNR were awesome - upstream was at 56.

I emailed SECV's Sunbury office - they actually wrote back two days later and said they had to do an upstream "sweep" of the lines - from then on it's been back in the low 40's.

I always love the fact they write back with what they actually did.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22378237 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:52:14 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22375684 cypherstream : Well even at +53 dBmv the modem was kicking offline. Not sure if it was because of temp swings or what.

SECV came within a half hour of my Dad's service call, yeah a half hour... they put the Service in Service Electric!

They put an amp on the one line and that brought the modem upstream to about 48 dBmv and stable. I was really surprised they used an amp, I thought that was a band aid solution, but that's what they did after checking all the fittings and lines.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22375684 Tue, 12 May 2009 07:18:48 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22370135 cypherstream : Well there was some trouble with HSI at my Dads house the past few days. Modem couldn't lock on an upstream channel. When it was locked, the upstream was at +55dBmv, which should work (I've seen worse work before). I swapped cables on the 3-way balanced splitter (Antronix -5.5db) and the upstream came down to +53dBmv, so an improvement, and it does seem stable. Downstream remain unchanged at -5 dBmV and SNR at 38 dB.

It's a Motorola SB5100 modem, but oddly it doesn't tell you the modulation schemes or symbol rates. This just recently started happening, so I wonder if they went with a more robust upstream modulation, which took a borderline signal and caused it to fail... They used to run QPSK a few years ago when I lived there (The modems used to actually say that), but now the modems don't report it, but I'd imagine it's 16QAM or better.

Speed tests after swapping the cables resulted in about 9.8mbps down and 0.97mbps up.

Interestingly, their SB5100 modem is always blinking the activity light. I used to have an SB5100 with Comcast before I got triple play, and that activity light only blinked when you were doing something online.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22370135 Mon, 11 May 2009 07:36:14 EDT Odd Find http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22352941 JeepMatt : Oddly enough, the SECV Sunbury lineup was updated on 5/5/09.

It looks like they added 4 ANALOG channels to the lineup..

BET, Univision, American Life TV, and Fit TV.

Very strange...
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22352941 Thu, 07 May 2009 09:50:45 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22334123 cypherstream : I noticed today that Service Electric has a little hub building or something on Lake Road in Fleetwood. There's a Tower there. It's a pretty modern building, a few trucks there. I didn't walk around, but I wish I would of checked it out closer. There was a regular car there so I didn't want to snoop around if someone was working inside.

Wonder what they do in that building. Anyone have any ideas?

Birds Eye View:
»bit.ly/WSm6d
Click for full size
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22334123 Sun, 03 May 2009 19:03:27 EDT Re: More HD & Faster Internet on the Sunbury System http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22269170 anon : Has any one received digital phone service from SECV in Birdsboro? I have been calling them about it for last 18 months. It is two months away every month :D

It sucks to have no Verizon in town (at least my part of town).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22269170 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:59:46 EDT Re: More HD & Faster Internet on the Sunbury System http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22229974 cypherstream : I was at the in laws so I was in Blue Ridge territory. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to see the latest additions on SECV. I take it they are really good. They were just lashing more cable together today on Rt. 422 right in front of the new Super Wal-Mart construction site in Exeter PA. The lasher was spinning and traveling down the strand. Pretty neat. They had rollers further down the line that kept the slack up close to the main strand while they were feeing it through some hook like devices.

They have been doing a lot of work the past two years in their service area down here. That's something I haven't seen Comcast do.



Rollers on hooks looked like this:


A lot of different types at this site:
»www.gmptools.com/nf/index_cableblocks.htm

Looks like they were using the stationary reel method of overlashing the new cable, as described in this PDF:
»www.gmptools.com/nf/pdf/stationrm.pdf]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22229974 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:31:15 EDT Re: More HD & Faster Internet on the Sunbury System http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22221353 JeepMatt : All new HD channels look great here on the Sunbury system.

It looks like the internet plan has been upgraded to 15000/2000.

Not shabby at all.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22221353 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:34:22 EDT Re: More HD & Faster Internet on the Sunbury System http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22139249 cypherstream : I think birdsboro had those channels for over a month now. They sure are a good provider.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22139249 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:06:16 EDT More HD & Faster Internet on the Sunbury System http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22137396 JeepMatt : Looks like SECV in Sunbury has made some more additions...

4 new HD channels:

USA HD
Sci-Fi HD
CNBC HD
Bravo HD

2 new SD:

Chiller
Sleuth

And, they bumped up the top tier of internet from 10MB to 15MB.

I'll have to check it out when I visit the folks over Easter.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22137396 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:35:04 EDT Re: MLB HD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21763623 Eat Me :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

MLB Network (SD and HD) are now both live on the Sunbury system.
We had them on Sparta NJ system before Jan 1, I think. They lit it up with Fox News HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21763623 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:31:09 EDT MLB HD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21740353 JeepMatt : MLB Network (SD and HD) are now both live on the Sunbury system.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21740353 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:34 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21679295 Eat Me : This is what I get with DOCSIS3:



This is through a pfsense firewall running on a 1.7GHz P4 box with 521MB RAM.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21679295 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:58:14 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21636775 cypherstream : From my Dad's house in the Birdsboro system (Fleetwood, PA node):

They have the Smart Pack:
Includes everything from the Viewer's Pack®

• Access to ON DEMAND
• 100% Digital Quality Picture and Sound
• i-Guide (Interactive Program Guide)
• 48 Commercial Free Music Channels
• Includes Classic Cable plus Digital Variety
• Over 165 channels

• PLUS: High-Speed Internet Platinum featuring 7 Mbps



Frequency 615000000 Hz Locked
Signal to Noise Ratio 37 dB
Power Level -4 dBmV

Upstream Value
Channel ID 10
Frequency 24000000 Hz Ranged
Power Level 51 dBmV

Software Version: SB5100-2.3.2.5-SCM01-NOSH
Hardware Version: 1
MIB Version: II
GUI Version: 1.0
VxWorks Version: 5.4

I just installed a Netgear router for them so the little boys could get online with their Wii and Nintendo DS'es. As a bonus now my laptop works here :) Noticed their really nice HD lineup. Still old guide version. Boy those I-Guide ovals are really huge. VOD is still lacking HD-VOD and a barker video. Firmware 16.42 on a DCT-6200.

Merry Christmas!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21636775 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:37:58 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21620649 Eat Me : We have DOCSIS3 in the Sparta NJ Service Electric system (I'm in Wantage). It's not cheap though. 30MBps for $79.99/month. For the install they also have to do a truck roll ($25) and the modem goes to a separate drop. They said no splitters, although I tried it thru a splitter and it works. My wiring is underground so the cable guy ran a separate drop to the little box on the side of my house.

The modem is a channel bonded SA DPC2505 (3 channels downstream).

I get around 27-29MBps down and 1.7-1.9MBps up.

The cap is now 100GB each way, which still sucks, but better than 40MBps. $1/gig if you go over.

I do need the speed for work, and my internet is paid for.

So yeah, it's available, but pricey.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21620649 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:55:55 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21616174 cypherstream : Interesting. I thought cable operators couldn't drop a channel from now until march?
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···nid=4262

SECV though, little guy who packs a punch!

They need to get HD-VOD though. Any sign of that? What about their DOCSIS 3.0 plans? I still see them running fiber in Amity township / Douglassville area by the Wawa on 422 and 662. Also there are some developments down there that have a lot of ground dug up for new lines. Maybe when they are done upgrading that system they will do more stuff.

Also saw a Cable Services LLC guy in a C-COR 860 MHz node the other day on 422 in Exeter township.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21616174 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:00:26 EDT Re: 2 More HD's in Sunbury http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21615869 anon : Yea same in Birdsboro.....waiting for some decent channels. They are also dropping channel 15 out of Lebanon (not HD). I think it's a CW channel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21615869 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:27:58 EDT 2 More HD's in Sunbury http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21602611 JeepMatt : Looks like SECV in Sunbury added Golf HD and E! HD to the lineup.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21602611 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:51:02 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21215710 cypherstream : Well, SECV in Birdsboro is at least 860 MHz. My Dad got a 32" LCD TV for the kids room, and it has a simulcast of the Ch 2 bulletin board on Analog Ch 135. They must have it in analog at the bleeding edge for amplifier alignment with the C-Cor gear they've been swapping for the Magnavox 750 gear.

Didn't notice if they got Fox News HD, but my guess is they did. I did notice however that it appears there's at least 8 large dishes at SECV in Birdsboro, and the letters on them look old fashioned, like a TH or GH or TC or something (two letters). The fiber feed that comes out onto the initial poles at the place is orange.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21215710 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:39:30 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21142495 JeepMatt : Well back home.

Here in Sunbury - they also have Fox News HD.

Couple problems. Disney HD and Planet Green HD - major pixellation and breakup.

Checked the diagnostics - they are at 843MHz - SNR is showing Poor at 26.9 -

Looks like I'll have to send an email to SECV to have them come out and check things either at the amp up the road, or within the house.

It could be expected at that high of a frequency, but i'll send an email to explain the situation (better than my mom could) :p
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21142495 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:06:57 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21127049 JeepMatt : Cypher-
I'm visiting back home in Sunbury this weekend. I'll report back my HD findings. :p
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21127049 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:29:09 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123577 cypherstream : I thought that was coming soon. What Ch is it?

At a friends house with SECV, the silver hardline at his tap was cut, and the tap was moved to a brand new BLACK feeder line, which was lashed together with the old, cut silver hardline. I haven't seen black hardline since Comcast in Pottstown and eastward. Everywhere from there to the west uses silver hardline.

So something's up with SECV. They must of built up a new system. I still see old 15 year old Magnavox trunk amps once in awhile. I still wonder if the guts were just swapped out for 870 MHz gear. The majority of the system is now C-Cor 870 MHz.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123577 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:13:43 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21121640 anon : Just saw that Fox News HD is now on my channel listings in SECV Birdsboro]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21121640 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:19:18 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21100947 rody_44 : phillipsburg, new jersey. get ready for your new upgraded cable services. its lit up and ready to go.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21100947 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:33:56 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063521 anon : Don't get me wrong..I'm not complaining about SECV. I feel I get much more for my dollar than with comcast. Just some of the channels aren't very appealing to me personally. Which other HD channels are available out there? Is there a FOX News HD?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063521 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:38:26 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061876 cypherstream : I believe all of that is on the adgenda. The bandwidth is available. Cable Services is still out there running more fiber and feeder lines. The system must be getting built up pretty nicely.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061876 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:08:14 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061509 anon : Looks to make sense.....MHD was worthless. I wish we would get SCIFI HD, USA...ones that show good programming. GreenHD is worthless and so is Wealth and HGTV. I wonder when and if WFMZHD will be added for Birdsboro.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061509 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:48:53 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047385 jmoz2989 : That would be Palladia, which is the reincarnation of MHD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047385 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:46:00 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047296 anon : There's actually another channel on the lineup that isn't active yet. it is called PALLA....any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047296 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:28:19 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21042502 cypherstream : Finally got to check out the new channels. Quality is excellent. Planet Green HD looks better than I thought. I think that's at 813 MHz. Must be nice to be able to upgrade the system to 870 MHz like that. Comcast needs to get a clue.

Anyway they are on firmware 16.42 for the HD Motorola boxes. Didn't see any HD-VOD yet, but that's ok considering they have a lot of channels. The Motorola 6200 HD box I used was so much faster in operation with F/W 16.42, TV-GOS 74.53 than my Motorola 6412p2 with F/W 16.35, Same TV-Guide.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21042502 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:02:43 EDT Re: 4 More New HD's http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21022774 rody_44 : i know how much you guys like them pace boxes but i think they suck on both comcasts and service electric systems. very problematic on comcast and service systems. service still buys them but i think comcast gave up hope on them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21022774 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:56 EDT Re: 4 More New HD's http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981921 cypherstream : Birdsboro also added those channels.

They were ahead of Comcast in the area, and now they are even further along. Must be nice to send Cable Services techs out all day for the past year running fiber deep.

And rody_44, that may explain why they all share the same logo.

They also started rolling out the slim line PACE ASPEN MPEG4 DVR's in this area. Yes, eSATA expansion works like a dream. So does native HD resolution pass through. So not only do they have a good channel lineup, they have better customer presence equipment as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981921 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:41:16 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981876 rody_44 : FWIW all the service electrics are related. it was once one company and the father broke it up and gave it to the sons with one brother being a coke head. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981876 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:43 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981870 rody_44 : opps]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981870 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:05 EDT 4 More New HD's http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20949731 JeepMatt : Looks like the Sunbury system received 4 more new HD's as of 8/11

Versus/Golf HD
Disney HD
ABC Family HD
Planet Green HD

Service Electric keeps chugging along....
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20949731 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:23 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20848918 cypherstream : I've been passing "Cable Services LLC" trucks almost every day down 422 in Exeter. They were running more fiber. Today traffic was slow and I believe I counted 5 fiber lines and at least 3 or 4 coax lines all lashed together. Also saw a C-COR line amplifier. So SECV is doing upgrades all over the place. Lots of spools of excess fiber. Saw a guy from "Cable Services" dressing a fiber horse shoe ring the other day outside of Dairy Queen on 422.

Wonder what all of this fiber is doing? Making the nodes extra small or something? Better redundancy? I wish I knew the product line for nodes and amplifiers. They were using Phillips/Magnavox, but today I saw the C-COR logo, so perhaps they switched to them. Can't read a damn thing on the nodes. I thought it was Phillips or Motorola, but I'm not sure now. All the online images of amps and nodes are with the housing open. I can't find closed pictures to compare! When all said and done, I just want to know what their max bandwidth capacity is, along with their home passed per node count. They sure do have a lot more fiber than Comcast in my area. I only ever count one or two fiber cables lashed with multiple coax on this SA 750 MHz Comcast system I'm on. SECV must be pushing fiber really deep, and perhaps it will ease the upgrade to fiber to the curb in the future.

Oh saw Cable Services using this to put more fiber lines into the strand:
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20848918 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:24 EDT Re: Service Electric, WeiTel team on testing, power supply maint http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20775392 JeepMatt : Any hints on when SECV is releasing the other 12 HD channels? (In May it said they'd be adding 20, with 8 in so far.)
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20775392 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:49:22 EDT Service Electric, WeiTel team on testing, power supply maint http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20709390 cypherstream : Service Electric Cablevision and Weintraub Telecomm LLC (WeiTel) have partnered to complete annual FCC-mandated Proof of Performance Testing for Service Electric and perform on-going preventive maintenance on the operator’s power supplies throughout Pennsylvania.

The partnership will create more reliable systems for Service Electric and its customers, as well as identifying any problematic areas so that the operator can meet FCC regulations in a timely manner.

WeiTel won the contract to provide the PoP testing in the Birdsboro, Hazleton and Sunbury, Pa. systems. The testing will be performed twice a year and is required by the FCC to ensure that all the systems are in compliance with current regulations. The testing will include both headend and outside plant areas.

“WeiTel provides cable system operators with solutions that not only support preventive maintenance, but are targeted to enhance bottom-line operational performance,” said Bruce Weintraub, president and CEO of WeiTel. “By ensuring that equipment is running properly throughout the year, many problems such as outages or equipment failures can be prevented. This minimizes the customer service activity, service calls, or unplanned system maintenance, all of which have very high costs to the operator.”

Service Electric has also awarded WeiTel a two-year contract to provide power supply maintenance to upward of 1,100 power supplies throughout the Birdsboro, Hazleton and Sunbury, Pa. systems. This contract requires visiting each power supply twice a year to ensure that power will be supplied to the network in event of an emergency. The contract also includes installation and verification of the status monitoring system that provides real-time feedback on the condition of the power supplies and their batteries.

from: »www.cedmagazine.com/Service-Elec···nce.aspx

Your already reliable systems, are about to get more reliable (power wise).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20709390 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:58 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20644058 cypherstream : Did some spot checking on the new HD's and there are two at 789 MHz. The quality is great on these new channels, I wouldn't mind having Service Electric. The only thing Comcast has over them is VOD library size and HD-VOD. SECV has a better lineup, the latest firmware, PACE boxes are available for native HD resolution / eSATA DVR expansion, and they now have triple play. Sure the internet only goes to 10mbps, but thats fine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20644058 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:36:31 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20516432 JeepMatt : They have the updated PDF online now - but only for the Birdsboro area. They still have to update Sunbury's (4/1/08 version).

»www.secv.com/Images/channel_birdsboro.pdf
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20516432 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:31:07 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495334 anon : Apparently there are more channels on the way. I think they said 20 more by the end of the year. I also agree that SECV is excellent for their size. TWCHD is actually supposed to start broadcasting in HD on June 2 -- new studio is ready.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495334 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:43 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494502 JeepMatt : Talked to mom...same channels are now live in Sunbury!

She is happy for Hallmark HD.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494502 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:12:06 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491731 cypherstream : Wow that's so cool! SECV is such a good company considering their size.

Remember I said they had a test channel on QAM 128? They also had some PBS Subchannels on QAM 123. Well they did some reorganizing again, and the highest QAM is now 118. I saw this first hand after a full rescan on a Sony LCD in the Mohnton area. That's also reflected on the silicondust website.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491731 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:36 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491705 JeepMatt : Looks like SpeedHD and FX-HD were two additions to the original list.

Congrats!
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491705 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:31:35 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489056 anon : Think so..

CNNHD
WeatherHD
NHLHD
HistoryHD
SpeedHD
A&EHD
HallmarkHD
FXHD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489056 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:55 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480970 JeepMatt : Dss-
Is it the 6 we mentioned earlier?
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20480970 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:11:23 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20475822 anon : New HD channels are now up!

Sweet!

Can't wait to get more.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20475822 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:09:28 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20450049 JeepMatt : I know at my mom's and brother's on the Sunbury system, modem was always 543 (or which ever one right around there)
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20450049 Thu, 08 May 2008 06:19:02 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449428 cypherstream : I see they moved the cable modem data channel from 273 MHz to 609 MHz, going from 40 dB SNR +0dBmV power level to 37 db SNR -5 dBmV power level at my Dad's house.

Speed tests were about 6890 kbps down and 491 kbps up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449428 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:13:50 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421781 anon : Well,

It's may 2 and the new HD channels aren't up yet. But my rates are.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421781 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:54:08 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405211 cypherstream : And here's an example of drop in amplifier upgrades that fit in Magnavox housings:

»www.main-line-inc.com/magnamax.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405211 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:34:24 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405082 cypherstream : Looks like the Birdsboro system IS being upgraded to 860 or better!

QAM goes up to 128 now. Not sure how high they can push it (Perhaps 136 (864 MHz) or 159 (998 MHz)). The Amps and LE's look like the same Magnavox line gear, but there are after market 'drop in' upgrades available for pre-existing housings, so what's on the inside could be different than what you see on the outside.

Although they've also been pushing fiber deeper and upgrading to better quality hardline, so perhaps a 1 GHz node can push out to Node+2 750 to around 830 Mhz or so. (One amp, one L.E.) if the levels are tilted enough on the higher end. I know on my Dad's street, there's extra pedistals, and one new long vented type, which houses a node or amplifier. Plus each house now has it's own Ped, instead of long runs to a few common pedestals. In My dad's ped, there are three drops.

»www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/li···de=19606

123.5508 - WHYY PBS 12
123.5509 - WLVT PBS 39

128.1 - Black Screen
128.2 - Time and text "No Video Input"

Also the Birdsboro lineup shows 6 new HD channels, stuff like NHL HD, CNN HD, Weather HD, USA HD, etc.. Although these are not mapped to the boxes yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405082 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:10:42 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20390357 anon : I RECEIVED THE NEW LINEUP IN THE MAIL TODAY.

20 new hd channels coming in the near future and about 6 more right away....CNN, Hallmark, NHL, A&E, History, Weather...SWEET!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20390357 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:27:16 EDT Re: HD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20364155 anon : The channel lineup for my area doesn't say anything about the HD upgrades. Where are you finding this. I checked www.secv.com and typed in my zip. No coming in may there under the channel lineup]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20364155 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:00:58 EDT Re: HD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20362591 JeepMatt : More HD's are listed in the channel lineups "effective May 2008", so it should be shortly. See my post above for the 1st batch of new channels.

Also,
Emailed SECV, apparently THEY set the parameter for # of rings before voicemail pickup. A little odd that's something that would be set at the office. :p
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20362591 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:51 EDT HD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20360132 anon : Anyone know if SECV (Birdsboro--Berks County) will be getting additional HD channels soon?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20360132 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:26:01 EDT SECV Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20359925 JeepMatt : Anyone out there know how to set the # of rings for voicemail?? I was visiting home again this weekend - it's set by default to NINE rings before picking up (which is absurd) - but there are no options in any of the VM menus to adjust it.

Not sure if i'll get a response or not. :p

Also, in a weird twist, on the Sunbury system - they are showing CN8 (Yes, Comcast's channel) part-time on Channel 97. My brother told me they had the Phils game on the other night. Figured it was interesting stuff.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20359925 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:32:35 EDT Re: 20 new HD's http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312751 cypherstream : Wow 20 new HD's on top of the 30 something they already have? Sheesh, I wish I had SECV again!

There's another development around here in Exeter township where all of the streets are dug up. They are adding more cables underground and replacing pedestals. I wonder if they are doing a bandwidth expansion down here. I know they are at least a 750 MHz system already, as they have the NBA Barker channel on 771 Mhz.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312751 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:36:45 EDT 20 new HD's http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312526 JeepMatt : Also,
They had an insert in their May bill- 20 new HD's coming.

The first ones will be

NHL Network
A&E
History
Weather Channel
CNN
Hallmark Movie

After checking the latest batch, it looks like the newest ones, Discovey, Animal Planet - are going to the highest frequencies since Sunbury is an 860 system. AP HD was on 801 frequency.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312526 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:43:10 EDT Re: Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20309763 JeepMatt : New speed tier- at my mom's house...(unfortunately i'm home for my grandmother's funeral)

Download Speed: 10401 kbps (1300.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 919 kbps (114.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

They bumped her to the new 10/1 tier as part of the phone install. And gave 1st month free - and free installation.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20309763 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:50:49 EDT Re: Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20291140 JeepMatt : Yeah Cypher,

It's the country up there, so the only other customer that could use a port is the corn field. :p

The funny thing is that they aren't using the voicemail feature yet. Supposedly my dad was like "lets just keep the answering machine...". ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20291140 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:05:44 EDT Re: Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20288225 cypherstream : Wow a third drop! At that rate wouldn't some area's run out of tap ports??!!

Well in the Ped at my dad's house, theres an 8 port. It only feeds his house (I think). Two ports run to his house. Not sure where the third line goes. The neighbors appear to have their own peds. They just put all new peds in on the opposite side of the street as well. There's still marks on the ground from pa one call, but they are done.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20288225 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:48:23 EDT Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20287862 JeepMatt : Well, my mom got hooked up with digital phone Thursday.

So far, she's loving it, and thanked me for helping her save money. :p

As is the deal with SECV, they ran now a 3rd line from the tap for the phone service. Luckily they have a pole out by the road, which then runs through conduit to the house. :p

If all goes well, my brother will be switching over too. I talked to her last night - quality sounded good.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20287862 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:23:08 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20176329 cypherstream : I was at my Dad's house today and I noticed that his street is all marked up with orange lines on sides of the roads lining up with the pedestals. There's a huge spool of black underground cable at the front and back of his street. There's also a parked truck with equipment that says fiber optic services or something like that on there.

I asked my Dad what that was all about and he says it's Service Electric. I wonder what they are doing? They already have a 750 MHz plant there, with a 39 dB SNR on their modem. Are they upgrading to 1 Gig?

His street's not that long, and it's a no outlet. I've seen Cable Services out and about around as well. Seems like SECV is doing some plant construction here and there. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20176329 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:24 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170274 cypherstream : I stayed over at a friends house with SECV Birdsboro, and I was the fist one up in the morning. I was flipping through the channels and it looks like they are almost done with all digital simulcast. The only channels without a DD symbol were 3,4,5,6, and 10. Everything else had that digital look to it.

Wonder why they didn't start with some of the lower channels. The lower you go the more analog fuzz. 3,4,5,and 6 would really benefit from ADS. The bulletin board on Ch 2 is digital though.

Anyway the digital quality was pretty good. I spot checked a few channel frequencies and levels and most of the ADS lineup was in the lower to middle 700 MHz range. All SNR's (even music choice on 93 MHz) were between 36.1 and 37.3 dB on tuner 1. Tuner 2 was about a 1 dB less.

I checked the NBA League pass preview channel on 340, and it even has a strong 37 dB SNR at 771 MHz. No errors what so ever. That's amazing for a 750 MHz system! I wonder how much higher they can push?

This was tested on a Motorola DCT-6416 Phase 3.
Firmware 16.42
I Guide 74.53 -3321

There is an HDMI audio issue with his box. If you turn on the TV AFTER the box, and switch from an SD channel to an HD channel with 5.1 audio, you get no sound. You have to soft power cycle the Motorola DCT. What's nice with SECV is that when you power off and on the box, the set top is on the last channel you were previously on. This makes power cycling so much faster. With the Comcast box, it always changes to channel 5 (CN8 Here) with a power cycle. This was with a Phillips 50" Plasma.

I did see his cable card Pace HD-DVR in the bedroom the night before, and I was pretty sure that the Pace box stretches the I-Guide to fill the screen, even on HD channels. I know my Motorola "Centers" the guide in the middle of the screen. With every channel change on the pace box though, the TV resync'd the video mode to the native resolution, which is a nice feature. IE) the TV said 720p when switching to National Geographic HD, and 1080i when switching to CBS HD. Overall the Pace box felt a little slower than his 6416 phase 3, but on par with my 6412 phase 2 on Comcast.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170274 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:31:19 EDT Re: Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20158139 cypherstream : Cool. Let me know how they like the phone service.

Does it include:
Caller ID/ Call waiting caller id?
Unlimited long distance in the US?
Voice mail?
Outside voice mail access?

Let me know what kind of eMTA they use. Will it power both HSI and Phone?

I'm just curious how the smaller MSO's will compare to the big boys (Comcast and TWC).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20158139 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:48:08 EDT Digital Phone http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20157800 JeepMatt : My mom just signed up to get SECV's digital phone service on 4/4 (she needed a day when she could be home for the install).

It will save her ~$20/mo over her Verizon phone bill - and she'll have unlimited long distance. Plus, now she'll only have 1 bill to pay to SECV.

It's always fun to see though how a smaller town company works. She had to physically go into the Sunbury office with a copy of her phone bill and to sign paperwork to port the VZ number over.

Man, w/ Comcast all you did was call in, do the verification prompt, and you were set. Must be the reason it used to take 30 days to get a modem install up there. :p
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20157800 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:44:46 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20156981 Thermo1223 : It is the same company...

They just changed the name for your specific locale.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20156981 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:28:49 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20145217 JeepMatt : Exactly MadMANN!

Besides, PTD just re-did their entire network within PA from what I understand. I can ping my mom's computer on PTD in Central PA from my house on FIOS in DE in only 20ms.
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20145217 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:10:53 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20141917 MadMANN :
said by Thermo1223 See Profile :

Yet they still don't give a flying F about the Allentown and to some extent the Whitehall area.

They still are much worse than RCN I don't care how many HD channels they have.

Step number one to improving would be to drop Penn Tele Data off the face of the planet.

Numerous tech calls, numerous service visits, same crap different day. :(

Waiting for Verizon to get back to me and then I am dropping them. Already went Directv, much better than SECTV could ever be and cheaper.
You are talking about a different company. There is SECTV and there is SECV, which is what this thread is about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20141917 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:30:36 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140743 Thermo1223 : Yet they still don't give a flying F about the Allentown and to some extent the Whitehall area.

They still are much worse than RCN I don't care how many HD channels they have.

Step number one to improving would be to drop Penn Tele Data off the face of the planet.

Numerous tech calls, numerous service visits, same crap different day. :(

Waiting for Verizon to get back to me and then I am dropping them. Already went Directv, much better than SECTV could ever be and cheaper.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140743 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:03:07 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20031621 cypherstream : They are getting ready for a brand reimage campagign maybe....

With a ton of new HD channels on the horizon for 2008, perhaps they are modernizing their look and feel. I saw a SECV High Speed Internet billboard driving one day. The marketing on the billboard is really modern and hip. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20031621 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:53:32 EDT SECV - New Website http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20031440 JeepMatt : WOW!

Check out their new website!

www.secv.com

Channel lineups are finally updated - pretty impressive layout!
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20031440 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:29:51 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20011808 rody_44 : im pretty sure the tentative date is now 2012 for analogs to go away. thats what im being told.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20011808 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:27:45 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19988941 stevelion : I called SECV Birdsboro to discuss what would happen when they went all digital. I didn't feel that the CSR had the correct information so I finally spoke to a technician. He told me that they would simulcast some channels in both analog wand digital for quite some time. This is good news for me as I do not want converter boxes for all of my TVs for both aesthetic and cost reasons.

He confirmed that they are currently rolling out all channels in digital and that the updates should be available on Monday evenings. If using a QAM tuner, scan for changes on Mondays to get the updates. If using an analog/digital set-top-box, you don't need to do anything as the analog channel will just be replaced by the digital version when available.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19988941 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:58:16 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19886005 MadMANN : Well, as a former insider, I know that they always push their deadlines ahead, so even if I had a tentative, it probably wouldn't stick.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19886005 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:10:44 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19883572 JeepMatt : MadMANN-
That's cool news about the Sunbury system. My parents and brother will get to enjoy that. I never knew that was an 860 system - but makes sense.

Any time table on that happening???
--
"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19883572 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:35:34 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19881746 cypherstream : Reporting from my PDA at my buddies house...

WOW the PACE DVR is awesome! It still runs iguide v74, box firmware is 9.59. It does native HD pass through unlike the crappy motorola. The eSATA port actually works and there's no remote command queing issue either. Levels on Science channel HD are 36 SNR and return path is only 36 after 2 two way splitters. It has a cable card installed in it, but has a metal cover over it so you can't take it out without removing the screws on the external cover.

OK, signing out...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19881746 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:36:17 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19880681 MadMANN : I confirmed that the same is happening in the Sunbury systems as well. However, their system is 860mhz.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19880681 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:31:56 EDT Re: Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19879111 zed260 : if they add sdv and move to mpeg4 encoding its possible they could add over 200]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19879111 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:09:48 EDT Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19876632 cypherstream : My buddy just moved and transfered his service with SECV in Birdsboro, PA.

Now he already had his Motorola 6412 Phase 3 DVR with him, but while the guy was there installing in his new townhouse he upgraded his bedroom to a HD box, which happens to be a PACE box. So far he loves the Pace box.

The Cable guy said by the end of May this year, they plan to be all digital and launch 40 new high definition channels! That's right, 40 HD channels on top of the 30 they already have! If this cable guy is right (hopefully he is, that will put Service Electric up to 70 HD channels! Eat that Comcrap! Never underestimate the little cable operators!

You know the other thing that makes me want to believe the tech was that an article in our local Reading Eagle newspaper stated that Service Electric will be migrating to an ALL DIGITAL service, where every TV will require a set top box. You know how much bandwidth this frees??? Well they have about 77 Analog channels now, and they are a 750 MHz network pushing stuff past that to Ch 120. Talk about the little operator that could! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19876632 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:54:40 EDT