courty3210
join:2004-03-29
Wilmington, DE
| Comcast Clear QAM Basic Cable $12.99/month
Figured I'd share my channel list favorites. This is not a full listing but figured i'd show what you can get for $12.99/month from Comcast in the tri-state area. I'm located in wilmington, de
all you need is a TV that has a QAM tuner, no cable box required!
I tried to cut most of the BS channels out to show the good stuff.
if i missed something good please reply, i wouldn't mind having a master list.
Clear QAM - Comcast - Wilmington, DE
$12.99/month, no contract, no cable box
HD
CBS 3.1
ABC 6.1
NBC 10.1
PBS 12.1
MyPHL 17.1
FOX 29.1
CW 57.1
Universal HD 68.1
Standard Def - Digital
Comcast Network 8.1
This 17.2
FX 20.1
History 20.2
CSPAN2 20.3
A&E 20.4
TruTV 20.7
ESPN 20.9
ESPN2 20.10
TBS 20.11
MASN 20.12
PBS 23.2
Game Show Network 76.1
MSNBC 76.2
TV Land 76.3
Some Old Movie network 76.5
Style 76.6
Fox News 76.7
TNT 76.8
ESPN 76.9
ESPN 76.10
TBS 76.11
Spike TV 77.1
Bravo 77.2
HGTV 77.3
E 77.4
Food 77.6
Lifetime 77.7
Speed 77.8
Weather 80.9
Cartoon Network 81.2
Comedy Central 81.3
MTV 81.4
Disney Channel 81.5
Nickelodeon 81.6
SyFy 81.7
AMC 81.8
Discovery 81.9
TLC 81.10
VH1 81.11
USA 81.12
CSPAN 82.1
CSPAN 82.2
Animal Planet 82.3
Hallmark 82.5
CNN 82.7
Golf Network 82.8
ESPN 82.11
CNN HLN 82.12
MTV2 94.4
Discovery Health 108.5
G4 108.10
LMN 117.10 |
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CleanGene
Premium,MVM
join:2008-04-09
Manassas, VA | Don't get too attached to those channels - other than the locals and a few others, they'll all be scrambled sooner rather than later. |
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luckystreich
join:2005-11-05
Hartford, CT
 ·NETPLEX
| reply to courty3210
Enjoy it while it lasts my friend!!!
Comcast is employing a digital transition all around the country and soon it will touch your neck of the woods.
You are getting more channels than you are paying for right now. The fact that you have a QAM tuner in your TV will not help you when your specific Comcast system gets upgraded. You can kiss ESPN and other channels that were once considered "expanded basic" goobye.
Go down to your local Comcast store or log onto Comcast.com and look up the channel lineup for your address. Most of those channels you listed are not included.
I'm not trying to be rude, but you have no right to complain when they are taken away. You were not supposed to get them to begin with. That 12.99 package is called 'limited basic' or basic -- look up those channels -- you will get the networks and a few extras, that's all. |
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courty3210
join:2004-03-29
Wilmington, DE
| reply to courty3210
"i'm not trying to be rude, but you have no right to complain when they are taken away". Sounds like someone is feeling jaded about what they are paying compared to $12.99. My area has gone through the transition a couple months ago. These channels being on a digital frequency could be scrambled at will. I don't understand why they wouldn't have been scrambled in the upgrade but they weren't. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE | More than likely, it's because Comcast New Castle never has really been on top of things...
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL
| reply to courty3210
said by courty3210  :Sounds like someone is feeling jaded about what they are paying compared to $12.99. My area has gone through the transition a couple months ago. These channels being on a digital frequency could be scrambled at will. I don't understand why they wouldn't have been scrambled in the upgrade but they weren't. Because the DTAs they have been using up until recently required the channels not to be encrypted. Comcast in your area either did not properly trap your line or made a value judgement that it was not cost effective to do so presumably with the hope that the DTA waiver would be granted (which it was) and they would be able to encrypt the channels at a later date. Like others have pointed out, you are receiving a level of service in addition to the one you are subscribing to at the $12.99/mo level, don't expect it to last. |
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schja01
I need to get a life.
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-27
Morton Grove, IL
clubs:  
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to courty3210
I think the OP's channel lineup is an anomaly for $12.99 Basic Cable OR they never installed the proper filter on his/her drop.
My $12.99 Basic Cable here in the Chicago Suburbs has only of fraction of the OP's channels and I have a QAM tuner TV.
I carry Basic Cable just so CC doesn't add $10 to my Cable Modem price. If they raise the price of Basic Cable I'll drop it but right now I just use it as my disaster recovery plan if UVerse TV ever burps. So far I have not needed to use my DR plan.  |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | reply to courty3210
Figure that $12.99/month is a price for local broadcast channels. The cable channels are a bonus for now, but long-term, they won't be included for that price. |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA
 ·Comcast
| reply to courty3210
if you want to get techinical, if you watch the channels that are above the 20's (NTSC channels i'm taking about) and you have "basic" serive, you techinically are stealing... im not going to get into the whole if the doors open you can steal from the house argument... but I'll leave it at this, you're not paying for those channels |
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SLD
Premium
join:2002-04-17 | reply to schja01
I only get the OTA-available channels. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| reply to courty3210
I looked into the "basic" tiere here, which is $16.95 (plus taxes and fees). It includes the OTA networks - in SD. Thats it. And those are the only channels broadcast ClearQam. To get those networks in HD, you have to subscribe to the "HD Basic" package, which is $9.95 a month more. But then you need a box to actually tune them, complete with rental fee.
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| said by Camelot One :I looked into the "basic" tiere here, which is $16.95 (plus taxes and fees). It includes the OTA networks - in SD. Thats it. And those are the only channels broadcast ClearQam. To get those networks in HD, you have to subscribe to the "HD Basic" package, which is $9.95 a month more. But then you need a box to actually tune them, complete with rental fee. wow most areas have OTA HD in clearQAM. |
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courty3210
join:2004-03-29
Wilmington, DE
1 edit | reply to neufuse
first of all, wrong to the guy indirectly calling me a theif
there are plenty of basic channels are above the 20's
including fox, and the cw
i'm disappointed in the amount of people who appear to be 'upset' that i'm getting a great deal
and for all the folks reading the channel listings......comcast doesn't tell you everything |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Okay, let's try this a different way; what channels do you believe are supposed to be included in the 12.99/mo service tier that you have? |
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luckystreich
join:2005-11-05
Hartford, CT
·NETPLEX
| reply to courty3210
Actually, you are incorrect. Here in central Connecticut - I am paying for Limited Basic only at a price similar to yours. I know that I am only supposed to get channels 2 - 23 and 95 -99 directly from the wall.
I choose to rent a box also because I get TV Guide, New England Cable News, This TV, and T.B.N. that are also part of Limited Basic, but sent digitally.
We have gone through the transition and I know that most of the analogs are gone now. Perhaps, there may be a few channels that could sneak through if I went from wall to TV -- but I am happy just to get what I am paying for. I have no expectations other than that..... |
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luckystreich
join:2005-11-05
Hartford, CT
·NETPLEX
| reply to Camelot One
You don't get anything other than that in FL for Basic?
We don't get much else here in Connecticut, but we do get TBS which does have some decent shows and baseball games, we get the Catholic channel (EWTN), CSPAN and a state government channel. It's not much beyond broadcast -- but its kept us happy. |
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courty3210
join:2004-03-29
Wilmington, DE | reply to AVonGauss
whatever channels my clear QAM is receiving, the cable company controls that, not me
they don't even tell you they broadcast the major networks in HD on clear QAM they make it appear like you need to have a box |
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luckystreich
join:2005-11-05
Hartford, CT
·NETPLEX
| Right...but just don't think that you will always get those channels or be upset when they change.
Someone else said you are stealing -- I don't know cable law, but I will say you are getting channels you are not paying for.
Channel lineups usually come with the bills at the beginning of the year -- you will see what channels come with the basic package. Alternatively you can find out on your own...
I believe cable companies do not have to provide HD broadcast channels in QAM beyond a certain date.... |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL
1 edit | reply to courty3210
That is where the confusion lies, while the cable company does indeed control what is or is not available to clear QAM tuners the basic tier $12.99/mo doesn't include most of the channels you have listed. The fact that you are receiving them now is not an indication that they are included, it is an error or temporary situation as I mentioned in a previous post. If you want to know what should be included on the different service offerings, you can stop by any of your local Comcast offices and pick up a channel listing which should show you the channels by tier. |
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caddyroger
Premium
join:2001-06-11
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to courty3210
said by courty3210 :first of all, wrong to the guy indirectly calling me a theif there are plenty of basic channels are above the 20's including fox, and the cw i'm disappointed in the amount of people who appear to be 'upset' that i'm getting a great deal and for all the folks reading the channel listings......comcast doesn't tell you everything Call Comcast and let them know what channels that you are getting.
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