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FAQ: Red network (Cable)

What is this mysterious 'Red' network we speak of?

When discussing our services we are contractually prohibited from using the name of a particular cable network that starts with R and shares a name with a famous country singer (gotta know when to hold'em), so we use the term 'Red' to help clarify the services in particular operating areas.

So why have you seen the name used occasionally? This prohibition only relates to us when promoting/discussing our services and does not apply when we are talking about network issues from the particular carrier, ie we can say "Rogers is having an outage in Ottawa impacting customers in that area".

Of course, this restriction does not apply to you so you're welcome to use the name if you wish, but many have taken to calling it Red and we're just as cool with that too.

Actually even way earlier than the gambler ... another singer and actor with a horse who had a horse by the name of Trigger and a famous wife by the name of Dale Evans! But then of course a lot of the folk in these forums won't know ANY of these people.

Then of course there was the Canadian folk singer named Stan who tragically died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport.

Big Red shares its name with a LOT of famous actors and musicians!

 
And a Sci-Fi hero, first-named 'Buck'.

This fellow also was parodied by a zany cartoon bird, playing a character known as 'Duck Dodgers'.

Re: FAQ: Red network (Cable)

It's been a while since I've actually seen an episode of Duck Dodgers. :P

Who is this famous singer you speak of..?

Stan Rogers ... »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Rogers