{"id":5196,"date":"2008-12-09T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T23:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2019-12-23T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T21:28:07","slug":"comcast-clarification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/09\/comcast-clarification\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast Clarification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4705,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/comcastcares\\\/status\\\/1048006847&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;pending&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4706,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/ShaunaCausey\\\/status\\\/1048008881&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4707,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/djwudi\\\/status\\\/1048015644&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4708,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/djwudi\\\/status\\\/1048019018&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4709,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/ShaunaCausey\\\/status\\\/1048055815&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4710,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com\\\/brierdudley\\\/2008\\\/12\\\/08\\\/some_faqs_on_comcast_digital_s.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120705162255\\\/http:\\\/\\\/blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80\\\/brierdudley\\\/2008\\\/12\\\/08\\\/some_faqs_on_comcast_digital_s.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 16:54:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 16:54:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Looks like I&#8217;ve got my answer: our Limited Basic service shouldn&#8217;t change. Here are the relevant tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  @djwudi Limited basic will be channels below 30 will not need a box. What channel number are you concerned about? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/comcastcares\/status\/1048006847\" title=\"comcastcares: Limited basic will be...\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  @djwudi This isn&#8217;t happening immediately; it&#8217;s where we&#8217;re eventually moving. As you said, it&#8217;s seperate from the FCC broadcast transition. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaunaCausey\/status\/1048008881\" title=\"ShaunaCausey: This isn't happening immediately...\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  @ShaunaCausey @comcastcares You two are fast! :) I know we&#8217;ll miss 99 (CBUT), they were great during the Olympics, and we&#8217;ve kept watching. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/djwudi\/status\/1048015644\" title=\"djwudi: You two are fast!\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  @ShaunaCausey @comcastcares My concern: there aren&#8217;t many channels above 29 on Limited Basic, but having them go <em>poof<\/em> isn&#8217;t &#8220;unaffected&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/djwudi\/status\/1048019018\" title=\"djwudi: My concern...\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  @djwudi Good point. you will still get CBUT. If you are a &#8220;limited&#8221; customer, you will not lose any channels. 75-99 WILL still be there. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaunaCausey\/status\/1048055815\" title=\"ShaunaCausey: Good point.\">#<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds like a good end to this particular adventure to me!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> There have been some additions to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com\/brierdudley\/2008\/12\/08\/some_faqs_on_comcast_digital_s.html\" title=\"Seattle Times: FAQs on Comcast digital switcheroo (update 2, with info on remotes &amp; CBC)\">Seattle Times article<\/a> that cover this same information. Here&#8217;s the relevant sections of their article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Q: What about public access channels above 29? (NEW)<\/p>\n<p>  A: Comcast must still offer a handful of public access channels in analog format, per its franchise agreements. Tony Perez of Seattle&#8217;s cable office said that in Seattle, those channels include 75 (KCTS Plus) 76 (UW 2 TV); 77 (SCAN, the public access channel) and perhaps a few more.<\/p>\n<p>  Q: What about Canadian public television channel 99 (CBUT)? (NEW)<\/p>\n<p>  A: It will remain available to &#8220;limited basic&#8221; customers, spokesman Steve Kipp said in an email: &#8220;In addition to C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, the local broadcast channels and the local government and education channels, the Limited Basic lineup includes: Northwest Cable News, ION, Discovery Channel, KMYQ, KBCB, KHCV, QVC, HSN, KWDK, Hallmark Channel, KTBW, TVW, Univision, The Weather Channel and CBUT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Kipp said the limited basic channel numbers won&#8217;t change: &#8220;As for channel locations here, they will remain the same so the Limited Basic channels that are in the 75 to 99 range would remain the same.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like I&#8217;ve got my answer: our Limited Basic service shouldn&#8217;t change. 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