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  1. Prugna 328

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    #1 Prugna 328, Jul 3, 2006
    The other night I watched 2 or 3 shows on speed. The next morning I wake up and its gone. (I have basic cable) Anybody else loose it? So I called cablevision and their ans. was oh thats no longer part of your package, but, if you would like it back you can just upgrade and pay more. They also took away the soap opera ch. (Not that I care about that one) Customer for 5-6 years and they just take a ch. away that Ive been paying for all along. Please excuse the ranting, but boy am I pissed. I could see if they changed the package and didnt want to give certain Ch. to new customers but to provide less and charge the same or tell me to pay more to restore them sounds like BS to me. I asked them whats next, in a year or 2 will you also remove TBS, discovery and history and again tell me to just"pay more" I would like to maybe replace cable with a dish but I dont think I can. My house faces north and the view south is all trees. Any way so much for the F1 season.
     
  2. Speedracer38

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    #2 Speedracer38, Jul 3, 2006
    I have basic cable also and I never got the Speed channel :( I called Comcast and asked about it and it is with the highest package of digital cable which is $100+ a month. So the only time I got to watch F1 was when it was on CBS and now its gone and I'm in the same situation as you. I don't understand why Speed can't be offered with regular cable?!?!?!
     
  3. Fred2

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    #3 Fred2, Jul 3, 2006
    Screwed by Comcast here in Morristown NJ.
    According to the website, I now need some special digital box to receive it.

    I will be looking a DishNetwork to see what that looks like.

    My home internet is Cable with these guys too, I may go to DSL or FIOS.

    They piss me off, so I will be dumping Comcast.
     
  4. Parikh1234

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    #4 Parikh1234, Jul 3, 2006
    i have time warner and I need a digital cable box to get it. But then again, I have the every single 5 billion channel package, so i got it. Plus I have distributed AV through my house, so i dont need a cable box anywhere to watch digital cable:) Man its nice to be a AV guru/high end installer.
     
  5. ASG 86TR

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    #5 ASG 86TR, Jul 3, 2006
    I have Comcast, and get Speed as basic cable. I do not even need a box for it.
     
  6. Prugna 328

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    #6 Prugna 328, Jul 3, 2006
    Yes thats the way it was. I never had a box, the cable was just connected to the TV and I changed chs. with the remote. I dont know maybe Im the one who is wrong but it seems the rules were changed in the middle of the game. Like I said in last post if they wanted to change maybe for new customers and grandfather everybody else. I too will be looking into a dish and dumping my optonline.
     
  7. Ashman

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    #7 Ashman, Jul 3, 2006
    That's the way it is and is one of the reasons why Cablevision rates so poorly for customer service. Even though I have two boxes and still get Speed on those TVs, I can no longer watch it on the boxless sets in the kitchen and in the sunroom.

    Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!

    John
     
  8. tuttebenne

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    #8 tuttebenne, Jul 7, 2006
    Greg,

    Cablevision wants you to have a box wherever you watch Speed. In my case I just had to add two more (5.50 each per month including remotes). Yeah I had the same experience - the blue screen instead of Speed. So now I'm paying another 5.50 a month for the three or four hours of Speed that I watch. Its still cheaper than going to a movie. I guess the Dolans don't have enough money yet!
     
  9. pchop

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    #9 pchop, Jul 7, 2006
    Greg, once they went "digital" no box, no Speed. What a freaking rip off.
     
  10. BobH

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    #10 BobH, Jul 8, 2006
    I experienced the same, without notice, disappearing act of Speedvision just before the US GP. I charged off and got the box on Thursday, installed it so I could see the extended F1 coverage staeting Friday and now have a degraded image on most channels. Introducing the box introduced another remote and screwed up the HDD/DVR and Bose interface. When I called customer assistance they were only interested in managing a setup without integrating my my DVR or Bose LIfestyle 48. Anyone in the Morristown area that has successfully worked their way through this kind of an issue?
     
  11. Parikh1234

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    #11 Parikh1234, Jul 8, 2006
    I can help you out with your remotes.
    Just send me an email with more info to shivam at ahivamparikh dot com
     
  12. Prugna 328

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    #12 Prugna 328, Jul 9, 2006
    I will be looking into a dish very soon, but my entire southern view is trees so I think I might have to eat a little crow.
     
  13. ClydeM

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    #13 ClydeM, Jul 9, 2006
    try 4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie instead. :)
     
  14. NY550

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    #14 NY550, Jul 12, 2006
    i hate that **** of taking of speed channel of the basic cable. I think thats its complete bullsh*t
     

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