Might be time to cancel cable.

[Beattie]

Looks like Cablevision decided to block out a bunch of channels making them digital only. They are fraudulently blaming this on the DTV transition. So now you can't get the service you pay for without paying extra for another digital box.

http://consumerist.com/379852/...cc-twiddles-its-thumbs

Anyone else caught off guard by this?

 

[GTaudiophile]

I have been without for years. I can put $90/month towards a lot of other things. Join the club!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Beattie
Looks like Cablevision decided to block out a bunch of channels making them digital only. They are fraudulently blaming this on the DTV transition. So now you can't get the service you pay for without paying extra for another digital box.

http://consumerist.com/379852/...cc-twiddles-its-thumbs

Anyone else caught off guard by this?

Not yet, I'm an RCN user though Beattie.

 

[TwiceOver]

I'd be fairly unhappy. Next month I have to shop around for new cable. Basically whoever can offer basic cable at the cheapest will be the winner.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
I'd be fairly unhappy. Next month I have to shop around for new cable. Basically whoever can offer basic cable at the cheapest will be the winner.

If RCN is available in your area, have a look at their service TwiceOver; w/ basic cable, you do not need any converter boxes and they will wire your entire house to all cable ready sets and you only pay one flat monthly fee, not a bad deal IMO

 

[moshquerade]

if i get rid of cable i lose my speedy roadrunner internet.

 

[Quasmo]

damn cable companies.

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
I'd be fairly unhappy. Next month I have to shop around for new cable. Basically whoever can offer basic cable at the cheapest will be the winner.

If RCN is available in your area, have a look at their service TwiceOver; w/ basic cable, you do not need any converter boxes and they will wire your entire house to all cable ready sets and you only pay one flat monthly fee, not a bad deal IMO

I'm in the "Stix". I have two choices with cable, Knology and Midcontinent Communications. Originally Knology came in and wired my entire house for free. I have TiVo so as long as everyone still sells cable in standard definition, I'll be happy.

 

[effowe]

I'm stuck with Comcrap so I had to go through the digital transition stuff months ago, as I was on the standard analog cable package, the cheapest one you could get. All I had to do was go pick up a converter box which was provided for free, and now I have a fancy channel guide and pay the same as I did before. I am moving soon so I'm going to get Digital w/ HD, don't know if I should use Comcast or RCN (pretty much my only choices.)

 

[Flammable]

i plug my internet cable into my TV they didnt block the cable access...FREE CABLE FTW

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: effowe
I'm stuck with Comcrap so I had to go through the digital transition stuff months ago, as I was on the standard analog cable package, the cheapest one you could get. All I had to do was go pick up a converter box which was provided for free, and now I have a fancy channel guide and pay the same as I did before. I am moving soon so I'm going to get Digital w/ HD, don't know if I should use Comcast or RCN (pretty much my only choices.)

With all the good things I hear about Comcast, I can't wait to start using it regularly for my internet and tv when I move out of the dorm and into my apartment next month. My parents are already love Cablevision so much </sarcasm>. Sometimes, I wish they would give Cablevision the boot and go with FiOS which has been available for the past year and a half now.