pplchamp1
Great One
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join:2002-01-25
East Hartford, CT
| Comcast of Connecticut to move analogs to Digital in July
The following changes are effective July 16, 2008:
Danbury, Hartford, Plainville, Vernon, New Haven, Branford, Clinton, Middletown, Groton and Lakeville Systems:
New England Cable News (NECN) will be moved to channel 177 within the Basic Service Tier.
Danbury System:
The following channels located in Expanded Basic will be moved to Digital Starter:
- Hallmark from channel 38 to channel 137
- AMC from channel 37 to channel 138
- MSNBC from channel 63 to channel 179
Hartford System:
The following channels will move within the Basic Service Tier:
- CN8 will move from channel 3 to channel 188
- Leased Access will move from channel 96 to channel 190
- PIN will move from channel 99 to channel 279
- CSPAN will move from channel 22 to channel 99
The following channels will move within the Expanded Basic Tier:
- The Weather Channel from channel 26 to channel 98
- SNY from channel 98 to channel 26
The following channels currently located in Expanded Basic will be moved to Digital Starter:
- Tru TV from channel 37 to channel 182
- Hallmark from channel 38 to channel 137
- ShopNBC from channel 71 to channel 280
- TV Guide from channel 95 to channel 100
Vernon System:
The following channels will move within the Basic Service Tier
- CN8 will move from channel 3 to channel 188
- Leased Access will move from channel 96 to channel 190
- CSPAN will move from channel 22 to channel 99
- HSN will move from channel 71 to channel 22
The following channel will move within the expanded basic tier
- MSNBC will move from channel 63 to channel 70
The following channels currently located in Expanded Basic will be moved to Digital Starter:
- Tru TV will move from channel 37 to channel 182
- Hallmark will move from channel 38 to channel 137
- TV Guide will move from channel 95 to channel 100
New Haven System:
The following channels will move within the Basic Service Tier
- CN8 will move from channel 8 to channel 188
- Leased Access will move from channel 96 to channel 190
- CTN will move from channel 74 to channel 70
- TV Guide will move from channel 98 to channel 100
- The Weather Channel will move from channel 69 to channel 98
The following channels will move from Expanded Basic to Digital Starter:
- TruTV will move from channel 37 to channel 182
- Hallmark will move from channel 38 to channel 137
Plainville System:
The following will move within the Basic Service Tier:
- CN8 will move fom channel 3 to channel 188
- Leased Access will move from chnanel 96 to channel 190
- PIN will move from channel 95 to channel 279 (in Avon, Burlington, and Canton areas only)
The following channels will move within the Expanded Basic Tier:
- The Weather Channel will move from channel 26 to channel 98
- SNY will move from channel 98 to channel 26
The following will move from Expanded Basic to Digital Starter:
- TruTV will move from channel 37 to channel 182
- Hallmark will move from channel 38 to channel 137
- TV Guide will move from channel 72 to channel 100
- Shop NBC will move from channel 71 to channel 280 (in Avon, Burlington, and Canton areas only)
All Systems:
Effective June 4, 2008, Discovery Home will change its name to Planet Green.
Customers will be notified to the above by bill message.
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meskinct
Mad Scientist at Work
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join:2002-01-07
Danbury, CT
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2 edits | I hope this is followed by some more HD love soon after.
Thanks for the news!
Lose 3 analogs and gain 6 HDs....oh wait...maybe 9 if they compress the hell out of them.  |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
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join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs: | reply to pplchamp1
Wow CN8 moving to digital, that surprises me.
Hopefully Comcast in other regions (HINT: Central PA), take this example and utilize it to get the bandwidth required for future HD services. |
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pplchamp1
Great One
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join:2002-01-25
East Hartford, CT
| said by cypherstream  :Wow CN8 moving to digital, that surprises me. Hopefully Comcast in other regions (HINT: Central PA), take this example and utilize it to get the bandwidth required for future HD services. That one shocked me too. |
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scanpa
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join:2006-09-06
Lebanon, PA
| reply to cypherstream
said by cypherstream :Wow CN8 moving to digital, that surprises me. Hopefully Comcast in other regions (HINT: Central PA), take this example and utilize it to get the bandwidth required for future HD services. That is news to me also, nothing I have heard about for SCPA area. I do know there are 4 more HD Channels on the way, with about 2 - 4 more late summer / Fall time frame.
Cypher what does are bwidth look like for these additional 3-8 HD Ch. ????
I have not heard of any Analog moves for Lebanon or Harrisburg. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
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Reading, PA
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2 edits | said by scanpa :Cypher what does are bwidth look like for these additional 3-8 HD Ch. ???? Two open frequencies on EIA 87 and 88 in Reading. Anything else is going to either 1) Require analogs moving to digital 2) Reorg the current QAM's to include more 3:1 (Like the Discovery HD Theater, Animal Planet, History mux or HBO, MAX, TLC mux from Comcast Media Center), or 3) Do some band edge testing and look at the reliability of putting a carrier on EIA 119, 120 or beyond.
NFL Network sits by itself on 116 here. HBO HD is mixed with a bunch of SD Channels. MAX HD is also muxed with a bunch of SD Channels. Reorganizing the current bandplan to move some stuff into 3:1 would be beneficial and completely possible. They should start doing this now while they have 2 open QAM frequencies that can be used for temporary moves. |
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reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA | I believe that these CT systems have very limited bandwidth, some are still 550 MHz. That is probably why they are moving these channels to digital. |
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pplchamp1
Great One
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join:2002-01-25
East Hartford, CT
| said by reelbigfish :I believe that these CT systems have very limited bandwidth, some are still 550 MHz. That is probably why they are moving these channels to digital. I am on the Hartford system and we are 750 Mhz. Confirmed this with the DPUC.
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Gator Mike
@comcast.net | reply to reelbigfish
Some of Connecticut is 750 Mhz, while other parts are 650 Mhz.
I don't believe there are any 550 Mhz systems. |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV | reply to pplchamp1
how did you find this out, pplchamp? I wonder if any new channels will be added or channels moved in western pa, northern west va, and eastern ohio anytime soon, how would i find out? |
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pplchamp1
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East Hartford, CT
1 edit | said by mikedz4 :how did you find this out, pplchamp? I wonder if any new channels will be added or channels moved in western pa, northern west va, and eastern ohio anytime soon, how would i find out? By Connecticut state law, cable companies are required to file any information reguarding channel additions, deletions, moves, name changes as well as price increases with the DPUC (Dept. of Public Utility Control) within 30 days of their effective date. Of course, they don;t always get posted on the site in a timely manner, wether that is because of late filings, or the DPUC being slow, we don't know. The DPUC has their databases online.
This is the Cable Tariffs page:
»www.dpuc.state.ct.us/DPUCUndocke···pandView
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Comcast Guy
join:2008-01-16
Harrisburg, PA
| reply to cypherstream
said by cypherstream :Wow CN8 moving to digital, that surprises me. Hopefully Comcast in other regions (HINT: Central PA), take this example and utilize it to get the bandwidth required for future HD services. Cypher - it is coming eventually, but after the "challenges" that occurred with the last Analog migration, they are going to be more careful.
This is VERY interesting to say the least. Good info. |
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Greg_Z
Premium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | reply to pplchamp1
I wish they would do that with Springfield, due to we are still mirroring the Analog channels in the Digital Tiers. |
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reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA
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1 edit | Last I checked, which was months ago, the Branford and Clinton systems were 550Mhz. They may have been upgraded, but by and far, the CT systems are no higher than 650Mhz with only a couple 750Mhz systems.
Anyway, my point is that most systems need the bandwidth to add more HD. My friends systems is lacking many HD channels that we have in Boston. Although Boston has a huge advantage in being an 860Mhz system. |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV
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·Comcast
| reply to pplchamp1
i guess that's a problem. Here there were public hearings about them removing tvguide,msnbc, and game show from analog on some systems. People demanded money back and for the local franchise to be changed from comcast. The franchise authority told them that west virginia has a law whereby there aren't any exclusive franchises anymore and comcast promised to lower rates but guess what they raised them instead. So I could see where changing channels to digital can be very tedious and troublesome. |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | reply to cypherstream
CN8 is on digital here on 206 |
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JTom
@sbcglobal.net | reply to pplchamp1
said by reelbigfish:
"Last I checked, which was months ago, the Branford and Clinton systems were 550Mhz. They may have been upgraded, but..."
Just curious, as I am in the Branford system, what does it take to upgrade a 550Mhz system? |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV
·DIRECTV
·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast Digital Vo..
·Comcast
| reply to pplchamp1
you will see trucks going around replacing bad line, replacing amps and eventually the headend will have alot of things replaced to upgrade it to 750,860 or 1ghz. When we were upgraded to 750 back in 2000 they had trucks going around checking lines and spliced and replacing amps on the poles. They had "contractor from att" on the side of them. I'd assume they will say "contractor for comcast" on the side now. Also you will get a note on the door saying something to the effect of "pardon the inconvience, your service may be shut off in the afternoons for the next couple weeks so we can upgrade our system to serve you better in the future." It should give a number for you to call for information on where crews are working this week. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
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join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| Cable Services LLC. Did the upgrade for our system back in 98-99. They also have been around working on Service Electric cablevision. I know they tore up the streets in the underground devisions and put in new cable, new pedestals, new taps, and must be new actives because theres new 'vented' peds. |
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pplchamp1
Great One
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join:2002-01-25
East Hartford, CT
| Here's some bandwidth information from the FCC...
Info as of 4/20/07
Danbury
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 750.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 696.0000
Hartford
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 750.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 696.0000
Plainville
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 564.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 510.0000
Vernon
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 864.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 510.0000
New Haven
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 864.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 806.0000
Branford
No info
Clinton
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 624.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 510.0000
Middletown
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 624.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 510.0000
Groton
Downstream Spectrum
a) Available (Lower Limit Mhz) 54.0000 (Upper Limit Mhz) 624.0000
b) Max Activated BW (MHz) 510.0000
Lakeville
No info
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