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Channel additions

Clinton, Groton, Middletown and Vernon Systems
o Effective September 1, 2010, SportsNet New York (SNY) will be added to the Expanded Basic Tier at the following channel positions:
Clinton - channel 58;
Groton - channel 65;
Middletown - channel 59 and HD channel 254;
Vernon - channel 68 and HD channel 218.

SportsNet New York (SNY) provides compelling sports content from live New York Mets baseball games, in-depth coverage of the New York Jets football team, and is now the TV home of the University of Connecticut Men's Basketball and Football teams.



Channel name change

All systems
Effective July 12, 2010, Tr3, located on the Canales Selecto and Nuevo Selecto Packages changed its' name to MTV, Musica y Mas. Comcast respectfully requests that the Department grant a waiver of the thirty-day notice requirement pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331k as the change was one over which Comcast had no control.

Update

By letter dated May 28, 2010, Comcast notified the Department that effective June 30, 2010, WEDW (PBS) HD located at channel position 724 on the Shelton Line-up would be removed. However, the programmer's name should have referenced as WNET (PBS) HD.

By letter dated June 25, 2010, Comcast notified the Department that effective July 13, 2010, several channels related to international programming would be launched in the Norwich, Old Lyme, Seymour and Waterbury systems. Those channel launches are now scheduled to take place on August 31, 2010.


Comcast channel line-ups reflecting the above information can be viewed at:

http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Clu/ChannelLineup.ashx


Schedule of Rates and Charges

All systems
Effective September 15, 2010, Comcast will be adjusting the price of the Office Reactivation Fee from $4.00 to $5.00. For the Department's reference, enclosed please find copies of the updated Price Brochures.

Customers are being notified of this change by bill message.

Originally Posted by mws192

http://www.dpuc.state.ct.us/DPUCUndo...4?OpenDocument

Originally Posted by madpoet

What does Comcast have in terms of Red Zone these days? As a Jets fan in Vernon I'm limited to times they aren't opposite the Pats. I could live with it if I could at least get Red Zone HD

Originally Posted by Zapix


After that little exchange, I'm switching to DirectTV, no ifs ands or buts. Through, done. I'm tired of ignorant support people, and their complete customer neglect.

Originally Posted by Feddie

Good luck finding ESPN3D on Demand with them.

Originally Posted by BiggAW

Interesting that so many people are having internet issues. My Comcast internet has been rock solid, albeit not being upgraded to 12mbps. That's the other benefit of a system upgrade, you get enough internet bandwidth to function in 2010. It actually would be Comcastic if I didn't know that 85% of Comcast's footprint was twice as fast.

Why is DirecTV so much more popular than Dish around here? Is it just not having the Yankees?

Originally Posted by Zapix

Mainly been problems of drop outs due to a weak signal coming from Comcast due to poor wiring or old wiring in the local area. I'm a bit of a tech so I know how to fix just about any problems that are on my end. I was having tons of drop out issues and they came out, looked at it, found nothing and would leave. Happened twice. Finally the cable got all screwy, and the modem went dead. Tech came out and had to fix a box by the road. Cable and internet back, still had drop outs. Finally noticed the power signal from their line to the modem was seriously messed up. Spiking, dropping, etc. They came out again, had to rewire 1/2 of the street and the line to the house because it was all messed up. That and several technical issues on their end that they make me go through hoops before listening to me so I can tell them what the problem is. I don't think we're getting the 12mbps we are supposed to be getting though. I wonder if anyone really does. On second thought, I prefer not to actually.

It's poor service like that adds into this whole cable issue with only having a few HD channels while knowing that a town or two away people have 3 or 4 times as many. That alot of those channels have been available for a long time, and it feels like because I live in a rural area, nobody really cares. Fact though. If power lines go down, city areas are priority and rural towns are last on the list. I understand why, but we pay the same rates as everyone else, so second class treatment just feels unacceptable.

My guess with Direct TV and Dish is the fact there's more HD content. As I described it to a friend... You have $60 and no matter which restaurant you pick, you spend the full $60. You can have dinner at McDonalds or Chilis, where do you go? Obviously you want the most for your money, and Comcast typically doesn't offer that.

My only real concern are the trees in the direction the dish will have to be pointed in... As shown in the picture.



EDIT NOTE: OMG! I will never mention power outs and how long it takes to get power back! LMAO, it figures, I said something, and the power went out for about 2 1/2 hours.

Originally Posted by wmccullough

A crescent moon? It's a C (for Comcast). That is one of the most idiotic things I have seen in a long time.

Originally Posted by BLAZE86

Is it me though, or does the new guide BIOS UI seem cheap, watered down and dumbed up?

It's lacking alot of the functions these SA boxes had until..

Can no longer toggle between 1080p and 720p feeds. Can't auto-stretch 480p or any on demand programing..

The text globally, not just captions and box cells are way to big and jagged.

Users can't control anything now, such as text type, or size.

Originally Posted by Zapix

Reason: side note... [C]om[c]ast

Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant

Not strictly HD related, but does anyone happen to know off hand which package and how much it would cost me to get Fox Soccer Channel if I already have Digital and HD and DVR service? I got really into Soccer this past world cup and am looking to watch as much Premier League as possible and ESPN and CSN's offerings just aren't enough

Originally Posted by ad301

FWIW....

I'm on the Branford system, although I gave up on Comcast about 2 years ago and went to DirecTV for TV. I still have Comcast for internet service.

I noticed a truck out by the street, so I took a walk out and saw it was a Comcast van. The guy was very friendly and had some interesting info. He was taking some readings. I asked when we would see some more HD in this area. He said what he was doing was the first step in upgrading the system. He said they had recently approved the spending plan to upgrade the Branford system to 850Mhz. That should, according to him, give us enough bandwidth to add 80 to 85 more HD channels, as well as increase internet speed. That's the good news. The bad news is the time frame. He said it would take a year to a year and a half. I also asked about Clinton. He said they'll be upgraded in about the same time frame.

Again, take it FWIW. The guy seemed very knowledgeable, but who really knows?

Originally Posted by madpoet

Does anyone know how Vernon (Bolton) Comcast flags their channels in terms of cablecard recording? I was glad to see that there's a lot of unencrypted QAM still, but it's only the non-HD channels I'd love to be able to get just the locals in HD and recorded to my PC with Sage.