Georgiaboy
join:2005-06-25
Savannah, GA
 ·Comcast
| reply to fiberguy
Re: Comcrap
said by fiberguy  :Will ANYONE ever be happy? Sheesh! \
Has anybody noticed how this will only affect 20% of the footprint? I'm certainly not worried. I honestly don't think anyone in my market should be. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to jester121
Well cable TV is the ONLY source of entertainment for many sectors of the population, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons (group homes, juvenile centers, and low to maximum security prisons). |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
| reply to PGHammer
said by PGHammer :VZ's low-end box is the same DCT-711 that Comcast deploys in Motorola areas. I'm talking about the digital adapter listed on their website that doesn't support ondemand, not the SD STB. Is that what the DCT-711 is? I didn't think Comcast had such an option. |
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Cable Me This
@rr.com
| reply to jester121
said by jester121 :I'm pretty sure that the phrase "lifeline basic" should be left in the arena of telephone service; I'm pretty sure that cable TV is still a luxury. Learn your history, bud.
Cable TV exists today because it was a necessity, not a luxury. Industry just figured out they could sell it to folks who didn't need it (those with OTA reception).
Cable TV needs re-regulation. There are still millions of customers who have no other choice than cable, and never will. |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
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·Comcast
| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :said by S_engineer :said by PGHammer :* The reason *for* these devices is that, for economy or *lifeline basic* customers, *any* STB (even the super-cheapies such as the Motorola DCT-711) is a non-starter. There's *always* a cost to the subscriber. Comcrap dosent offer a free lifeline service,so this would be added as a fee. Plus, to think that this rfp expense won't be passed on to the consumer is niave! B.S. My parents got a DCT700 last year at no cost or change in their bill. Comcast ate the cost in order to convert all the people still on analog STBs in Philadelphia. This new dongle is an even cheaper, simpler version of the DCT700. QFT
Datapoint: when Prince George's County (MD) went ADS, we had a single analog converter box on our single non-cable-ready TV (a supremely-large floor-model 25-incher in an upstairs bedroom). Comcast replaced it with a digital STB (in fact, a DCT-25xx model), and the bill actually went *down*.
This is the only TV that can view VOD directly (same for channels in the 100+ range that are in Limited Basic). Analog STB was replaced with digital STB, and the bill decreases. (In fact, that is usually the case in ADS areas; analog STBs are replaced with digital STBs, the customer gets more, not fewer, channels, yet due to rate changes, the customer pays *less* to Comcast despite the increased number of channels.) |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | reply to patcat88
Re: Comcrap
And lifeline cable, imposed by the government at a loss for MSOs, will still exist. What is your point??? |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA
| reply to Cable Me This
You learn YOUR history, bud. The cable television YOU were talking about is STILL AVAILABLE from cable companies, at a government imposed price which often represents a LOSS for cable company. Lifeline cable is about $9 per month here, all in. Some places is more; with the price controlled by the town government, NOT the cable company. That part of cable television that you were referring to is STILL REGULATED. This conversion being discussed affects part of cable service that HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH making up for poor OTA reception in remote areas. Nothing. |
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RadioDoc
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