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February 01, 2006

They giveth, they taketh away

I am cheap, and only pay for limited cable. This gets me channels 1-30. Basically the televised channels, Discovery channel, Regional news channel, Cspan, and public access TV.

The filters are not perfect, so I also get channel 31, and some in the 60-70 range (Bravo, E! and a few others that are rarely worth watching)

When we first signed up, channel 31 was ESPN.. About a year ago, Comcast moved ESPN to channel 33, and put Outdoor life on 31. Bullriding was fun to watch for a few weeks..

December 29th, Comcast moved ESPN to channel 11. This made me quite happy. I don't think my wife was too thrilled.

Today, A cable guy rang our doorbell and said he had to do some work on the pole out back.. When I woke up. Channel 11 was gone.. They sent a guy out and up a 20 foot ladder just to take away ESPN. All of the rest of my channels still work. I wish I could see the cost benefit analysis on that project.

Posted by reighley at February 1, 2006 04:12 AM

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I don't know about comcast, but espn is evil. They charge among the highest prices of any content provider and they force distributors to carry all ESPN products or none. It is a big part of the ever-rising cable cost. I for one vote for ala-carte programming.

Posted by: jess [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 2, 2006 12:09 AM

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