Comcast has taken C Span 2 off my lineup.

[Saturday]

They say C Span 2 has gone to digital. They say if I come to their office and get a converter box and pay a few more dollars a month I can once again get them. Comments? Is this happening to anyone else?

[lisa58]

1. they switched the station it was broadcast on...

...but it hasn't gone off.

[illinoisprogressive]

12. I am lucky. I don't have it. My carrier is Insight

[annabanana]

2. Are you ready for ALL DIGITAL television?

Analog, airborn signals are almost gone... All your TVs are belong to us!

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2007/DTVfinalrule_031207.htm


on edit: The government will send you up to $80 to make it alright.

[thunder35]

6. what's wrong with analog?

nothin they want to sell pricey TV's.

[anniebelle]

3. C-Span 2 was removed here a few months back.

I can still get sound, but no picture. If I could get anything else, I would.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. I will have to check...that sucks.

[rox63]

5. By some time in 2009, all teevee is supposed to go digital

So much for poor people being able to watch teevee. :(

[thunder35]

10. they don't care for those people

[Eurobabe]

14. TV is bad for you anyhow

it's easier to just brainwash the haves.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Everything except local is digital on our cable

We have extra movies, Starz and HBO. The cost is 60 dollars a month.And we get one free digital box because we take Starz. Starz is nothing spectular but with the discount it saves the cost of the digital box. The price did not change when Media Com bought out our local broadband.

[morningglory]

8. MSNBC gone also, here, along with C-Span2 (Keith). Surprising they didn't

put the Comedy channel up there. Bastids.

[rocktivity]

9. I think Comcast is doing that to all their customers

even if they have only basic cable service, like me. I've read the posts here about MSNBC being moved--all I lost was was Court TV and the American Movie Channel, whew!

I got my box just last week, and in additional to all my previous basic cable channels, I now get all three C-SPANs, Sundance, Current, ESPN News, second tier MTV/VH1, and On Demand movies, program, and music video. It's only costing me two dollars more a month because I have their high-speed internet access, too.

I guess it's more cost-effective to have all of the customers digital now.

:headbang:
rocknation

[illinoisprogressive]

11. I heard one lady on washington journal yesterday who has the same problem.

she said it was comcast as her carrier. That is just so wrong.

[annabanana]

13. Comcast History

1963, founded in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1986, moved headquarters to Philadelphia. Reached a million subscribers by buying a major piece of Group W cable.
1988, reached 2 million subscribers with the purchase of half of Storer Communications (then it became #5 cable company).
1994, acquired Canadian company McLean-Hunter's US assets, giving it over 3 million subscribers, and making it the #3 cable company in the US.
1995, bought E.W. Scripps cable system, reaching over 4 million subscribers.
1998, acquired Prime Communications cable system and Jones Intercable, now growing to over 6 million subscribers.
1999, acquired Philadelphia Cablevision, and merged with MediaOne ($60 billion deal) Also picked up 2 million AT& T Broadband subscribers.
2000, acquired Lenfest Communications, and swapped customers with Adelphia and AT& T in order to consolidate service regions.
2001 merged with AT& T Broadband for $47 billion, making Comcast the #1 cable network with 21 million customers in 35 states.

http://www.oligopolywatch.com/2004/05/02.html

And THAT was as of 2004