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[Comcast Equip] Will there ever be one comcast ?In NJ we have 3 comcasts maybe more, But if i visit an office 1 mile from work. There boxes don't work on my system in Hillsborough. The same goes for Comcast of Mercer. Why cant comcast get its act together and have one unified system ? Never mind channel numbers that is also to great a task for them . |
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[Comcast Equip] Re: Will there ever be one comcast ?Odds are, they were probably different cable systems. In particular, some areas may have been Motorola-based, others SA based. They communicate different, so require different boxes. It's expen$ive to replace all the boxes and equipment. |
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maybe someday there will be a hybrid cablecard and box and hybrid ready CMTS..... Moto / Cisco ready with auto detection... until then it's not easy to do integration of regions |
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said by neufuse:maybe someday there will be a hybrid cablecard and box and hybrid ready CMTS..... Moto / Cisco ready with auto detection... until then it's not easy to do integration of regions hmm hybrid ready CMTS isn't even needed lol. Right now TWC has in Cisco (SA) based systems (Cisco, Samsung, and Motorola (ARRIS)) boxes running Navigator using a Cisco CableCard for authentication lol. |
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2014-Jul-12 5:46 pm
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Re: [Comcast Equip] Will there ever be one comcast ?All of the local Comcast offices act as independent markets.
It's just like McDonald's. There's a national company overseeing the whole thing, but everything operational is at the local level. |
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said by Bananrama :All of the local Comcast offices act as independent markets.
It's just like McDonald's. There's a national company overseeing the whole thing, but everything operational is at the local level. Its no where near like Mcdonalds. When was the last time you saw McDonalds buy a local Burger King or Taco Bell and convert it to a McDonalds? Comcast has different markets that had existing equipment that worked a certain way when aquired. Comcast is not going to spend a lot of money to standardize channel maps, equipment, oob channels when there is no real benefit to doing so. There is only one Comcast, but it is a summation of its parts. As far as I know there is no existing cable system that allows for universal use of all cableboxes across all of their markets. |
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2014-Jul-13 11:07 am
said by rendrenner: Its no where near like Mcdonalds. When was the last time you saw McDonalds buy a local Burger King or Taco Bell and convert it to a McDonalds? A little OT, but I've seen recently Hardees/Carls Jr buy a Burger King and convert it to a Hardees locally A national Channel Map would be a good first step for Comcast X1 is pretty much the same OS independent of Cisco/SA or Arris/Moto market, correct? And while U-Verse isnt really Cable as it is IPTV, the Moto/Arris, Cisco/SA, and 2Wire/Pace receivers are interchangable, across the country. Some markets are set as Moto/Arris and others SA/Cisco, but the receivers work in all markets |
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said by ILpt4U:A national Channel Map would be a good first step for Comcast. Comcast has been (painfully) slow in rolling out their Master Channel Lineup (MCLU) over the last few years, but will probably not do anything more with that now until (if and when) the merger with TWC goes though (with some posters wondering if Comcast would then adopt TWC's standardized lineup). See: » sd and hd channel number match +1000 |
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comcast also needs to add SDV or at least add in the part time sports feeds in HD. |
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It's like McDonald's in that "price and participation may vary". Eg, there are some markets in the northeast that did not get the April 50->105 speed rollout. |
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I have been on Comcast sites and apps that tell me that Hillsborough is my closet service center to spite the fact that I know (and my bills clearly tells me) i have to go to East Brunswick or East Windsor . |
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Re: [Comcast Equip] Re: Will there ever be one comcast ?So doe Cox their whole home DVR is Cisco in all areas even in Motorola headends. So they already are here. |
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Re: [Comcast Equip] Will there ever be one comcast ?Maybe this is one of the reasons why Comcast has their eyes on TWC. As I see it, TWC is king at video. They are aggressively rolling out a national channel lineup. They are FAR ahead of Comcast in this sense. Sure 1-99 will remain the same (unique per market), but 100 and up will be the same everywhere. Also if it's HD equipment running at an HD resolution, it will automatically tune the feed in HD format, completely eliminating that issue where you go to a bar, restaurant, doctors office, your family members, etc... and see them on the wrong channel number displaying SD content blown up on their HDTV.
Comcast is really good at Internet. They are fast, they are metro Ethernet carrier of the year multiple years in a row. They are leading in IPv6 deployment, and they were the most aggressive when it came to DOCSIS 3.0 deployment. You pair their expertise in IP and Telephony with Time Warner's expertise in Video, and if they were to truly combine it could be a resource powerhouse.
I wouldn't compare Comcast to a McDonalds either. You go to any McD's and get a Big Mac or Quarter Pounder, it's all the same. Tastes the same, looks the same, etc.. You go from one Comcast system to the next, and there are missing channels, different guides or differnet speeds, or some don't have as many HD's, and all the channels are on different places. Anywhere you go to, a McDonalds #1 value meal is a Big Mac, Fries and a drink.
Yes they can use either Moto/Arris or SA/Cisco gear on a plant with the proper overlay, firmware versions and provisioning software. Its done today with Time Warner. But remember Time Warner is an expert in video. From CA overlays to SDV, to a huge HD lineup... these are the assets Comcast could be looking to add to their portfolio in this proposed merger. |
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Well then wouldn't make very easy common sense, to have both type of services cisco/motorola available at most service locations, so they can provide some level of customer service? |
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said by telcodad:said by ILpt4U:A national Channel Map would be a good first step for Comcast. Comcast has been (painfully) slow in rolling out their Master Channel Lineup (MCLU) over the last few years, but will probably not do anything more with that now until (if and when) the merger with TWC goes though (with some posters wondering if Comcast would then adopt TWC's standardized lineup). See: » sd and hd channel number match +1000 Just saw these statements by Ted Hodgins (aka "ComcastTeds") in a recent thread in the Comcast Support forum. I wonder if this indicates that Comcast is getting ready to restart the roll-out of their MCLU scheme to more markets soon? From: why did you put in a 4 digit channel number? Giant hassle!» forums.comcast.com/t5/Xf ··· /2313977said by ComcastTeds :: Many of our customers have had four digit channel numbers for some time. We are starting to align channels in many areas so that there is a more consistent channel lineup across our footprint. Thanks for your patience. : We are scheduled to start delivering additional channels that use four digits in additional areas. |
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Yeah ok, sure. I think its going to take merging with TWC and swallowing up Time Warner's expertise on this. Comcast should take Time Warner's master channel lineup along with the Auto HD and increase in HD channel content.
I was using a Comcast system in Wildwood NJ and it was confusing to have HD in 800's, followed by SD in 900's then HD again in 1000's. WTF were they on? |
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Speaking of "one comcast", how about being able to have ONE help desk / chat / CSR rep be able to talk to me about both the X1 TV and Cable internet problems at the same time? The other day, I had a case from online chat to have a tech visit on Friday, then a chat later the same evening on the X1 side resulted in another case, with another tech visit for Monday. I could not do anything to get the two cases / tech visits merged, but alas the Friday visit never occurred.
Yeah, one comcast would be nice... |
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said by cypherstream: I think its going to take merging with TWC and swallowing up Time Warner's expertise on this. Comcast should take Time Warner's master channel lineup along with the Auto HD and increase in HD channel content.   There is little expertise required to develop and implement a master channel lineup. The desire to do so is required, however. There is little expertise required to implement AutoHD. The desire to do so is required, however. There is little expertise required to increase HD channel content. The desire to do so is required, however. My point is that the items that your messages have been repeating are not some magical technical knowledge or expertise that Time Warner has and that Comcast does not have. The items in your messages are all well-known and well-understood technical solutions. The issue is not whether or not Comcast has (or needs via the Time Warner merger) the technical ability to implement those technical solutions. The issue is whether or not Comcast wants to implement those technical solutions and Comcast's timeline for doing so. |
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I guess it's good that Time Warner wanted to do those things. Their lineup was a complete disorganized mess (worse than Comcast). So their big push of a master lineup was and is greatly needed. They have always been the leader in HD, but I think between SDV and having more 870 MHz systems (as opposed to Comcasts 750 MHz), that gave TWC the edge. |
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2014-Sep-19 9:53 pm
  Different corporations have different goals and different priorities to reach those goals.
Personally, I think that SDV is a miasmic band-aid® of a solution that does little more than buy some time until a company can sell itself.
TWC's 870MHz capability is a real plus. Kudos to them for going in that direction.
I'm the first to admit that Comcast's HD offerings are only fair. At times I think I'm being kind with that opinion.
I do fault Comcast for wanting to grow the company more than it appears to want to increase the HD offerings it provides for its customers. But that was (is?) Comcast's business decision. Comcast made the decision for business reasons, to reach their business goals, and not because of any lack of technical knowledge or technical capability. |
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said by camper:  Different corporations have different goals and different priorities to reach those goals.
Personally, I think that SDV is a miasmic band-aid® of a solution that does little more than buy some time until a company can sell itself. What about for part time channels? |
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2014-Sep-20 12:41 am
  The question that should be answered is: at what point does part time channel become video on demand or streaming?
The "channel" is really a full-time channel that has varying content over the course of time. Stated differently, the channel is full-time, but the content of that channel changes. Similar to a variety show..... |
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talking about overflow channels and or stuff like red zone, goal line, Etc.
Also have NHL CI, NBA LP, MLB EI (manly remaps on dish and directv)
you also have NFL ST that is added feeds for 1 day. |
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2014-Sep-21 12:35 pm
said by Joe12345678:talking about overflow channels and or stuff like red zone, goal line, Etc....   As was I. |
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Re: [Comcast Equip] Master Channel Lineup rolling out to more areas soon?  Looks like there may be some movement on rolling out the Master Channel Lineup (MCLU) to some more markets soon, given this page that someone on the Comcast Customer Support forum just found (» forums.comcast.com/t5/Ch ··· /2477097). Welcome to the new XFINITY Channel Lineup» ly.comcast.com/xflineup/  EDIT: On the other hand, the fine print at the bottom of that page has "2010 © Comcast" in it, so I guess we shouldn't hold our breath then. |
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2015-Feb-17 12:15 pm
With Standard channels remaining the same there is no room for the sub channels and other local stuff in 1-99 / 1002-1099. |
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said by caster :With Standard channels remaining the same there is no room for the sub channels and other local stuff in 1-99 / 1002-1099. I think by "standard" channels they mean mainly the OTA broadcast ones for that area. So hopefully most areas can be accomodated with 99 channel slots. The basic, standard "cable" channels start at Channel 100/1100. Here is a list that I compiled a year ago (so some some channels may have changed names since then) of what some of the News/TV/Music HD channel slots (1100 - 1499) appeared to be on the MCLU: 1105 Fox News HD 1106 CNN HD 1107 CNN Headline News HD 1108 MSNBC HD 1111 The Weather Channel HD 1115 CNBC HD 1116 Bloomberg HD 1117 Fox Business HD 1125 C-SPAN HD 1126 C-SPAN 2 HD 1130 NECN HD 1205 USA HD 1206 TNT HD 1207 FX HD 1208 Syfy HD 1209 Spike HD 1216 WGN America HD 1220 TBS HD 1221 Comedy Central HD 1225 BBC America HD 1231 Crime & Investigation HD 1232 Investigation Discovery HD 1240 Universal HD 1241 AXS TV HD 1242 Velocity HD 1250 Discovery HD 1251 Science Channel HD 1260 Animal Planet HD 1261 National Geographic HD 1262 Nat Geo Wild HD 1265 Smithsonian HD 1270 History HD 1271 H2 HD 1280 Food Network HD 1281 Cooking Channel HD 1285 Travel Channel HD 1290 HGTV HD 1291 DIY Network HD 1292 Destination America HD 1305 Lifetime HD 1307 Hallmark Channel HD 1308 WE TV HD 1311 QVC HD 1312 Home Shopping Network HD 1315 Jewelry TV HD 1316 TV Guide Entertainment HD 1318 EWTN HD 1325 Game Show Network HD 1330 A&E HD 1331 Biography HD 1332 Bravo HD 1334 Oxygen HD 1340 E! HD 1341 Style HD 1345 Ovation 1350 TLC HD 1351 truTV HD 1360 TV One HD 1361 BET HD 1368 Galavision HD 1405 MTV HD 1406 VH-1 HD 1407 CMT HD 1420 Fuse HD 1421 Palladia HD 1435 GMC HD |
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We have the MCLU here, I'll try to help out with this list. |
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said by scjohnson:We have the MCLU here, I'll try to help out with this list. OK, thanks. I guess of the three Indiana markets listed on this page » ly.comcast.com/xflineup/ ··· eup.html , Logansport is the closest to you. Here's the MCLU channel listing that was supplied for them: » ly.comcast.com/xflineup/ ··· port.pdf |
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I suspect that page is old as I am on the Lafayette cable system. Those channel numbers are the same as I am seeing however, but I have quite a few more. |
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