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By: New DOCSIS 3.0 Deployment « DOCSIS 3.0

New DOCSIS 3.0 Deployment « DOCSIS 3.0 — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:42:53 +0000

[...] I walk though all this because many of the technology deployments we discuss on this blog are all part of a larger pattern. DOCSIS 3.0 uses channel bonding to join 6 MHz channels together to provide greater bandwidth. In order to free up channels to provide such services, cable operators have to manage their networks.That’s why you see analog channels moved to the digital tier, as I discussed again recently. [...]

By: Mad

Mad — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:41:31 +0000

Why is my channels being taken. This is what is on the channel now. “C-span 2 moved to Digital Basic channel 446″ So I just don’t get that and the other channels anymore? If so that is really going to make me angry.

By: CableTechTalk » Blog Archive » Cable’s Response to the Consumers Union

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:32 +0000

[...] More DTV Confusion [...]

By: Operators Speak on the Digital TV Transition « Media Experiences 2 Go

Operators Speak on the Digital TV Transition « Media Experiences 2 Go — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:05:28 +0000

[...] It hammers home some of the DTV transition issues we’ve all heard before, including the need for more education, more education, more education. But it also includes interviews with multichannel operators on how they’re handling the February [...]

By: Paul Rodriguez

Paul Rodriguez — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:59 +0000

My post was about people confusing the two transitions. Customers may be upset about channels being moved off the analog tier. I absolutely understand their frustration. But it has nothing to do with the big DTV Transition of next February.

When you say your operator “eliminated” channels, do you mean they dropped them entirely or moved them to digital?

“Snowy” does not mean “no content,” it means seeing static on the screen. In the digital age, there is no snow or static. You get a signal or you get nothing.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:51:17 +0000

Just to clarify: You state:

That’s a cute pun on “snow,” but it makes no sense. If Animal Planet was on channel 34 on the analog tier and it was moved to channel 112 on the digital, you wouldn’t see snow. You’d probably just see a different channel in its place. The use of the word “snow” probably makes the confusion worse by making it sound like a DTV Transition issue, when it is not.

Actually, my cable provider (Cablevision) didn’t move stations, they ELIMINATED them. The new digital tier requires a cable box at an additional fee. So if you read the short CR piece accurately, you’d see that the channel (and several others) are gone. The channel is now snowy (no content), and several friends and family have all noticed and are frustrated, confused, and PISSED OFF!

By: lou

lou — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:04:15 +0000

umm…..
in third from last paragraph, shouldn’t it say ‘multiple DIGITAL channels can be compressed into the space of one ANALOG channel’, >> instead of multiple ANALOG……into one DIGITAL” ??