Speed Channel got moved.....

AndyO · 04-13-2004 01:22 PM

I'm PO'd!!!
COX cable moved SpeedChannel to their digital network, and want me to pay even more!!!
I was paying $45 with Speed, now that want me to go to Difital and pay $60!!!
Hell, I only watch cartoons for my son Headline News and Speed, I hate paying more!!!
Did this happen to NE else??? Cox claims Speed made them do it.
Should I change to Direct TV???

**caylan** · 04-13-2004 10:21 PM

AndyO · 04-14-2004 12:43 PM

**EricHall** · 04-14-2004 04:45 PM

But I have Comcast. You have to get digital and you could then buy every other package they have including the premium channels and still won't get Speed without paying $5.95 more per month. Comcast has a sub-basic package for $13.00 per month that includes about 4 local channels and a bunch of home shopping channels. Their next step up is expanded basic that has about 30 channels, of which only about 10 are worth anything that costs $42.00 per month. The digital package starts at $51.00. They have that huge gap in pricing just because the Feds say they have to provide cable to people for a reasonable price, hence the $13.00 sub-basic package. It is pretty disgusting. Before I moved, I got Speed with my digital package for free. But once I moved and got a new setup, the newer pricing kicked in and I had to pay for it. Oh, they also have HD channels, but you have to pay an extra $5.95 per month to get them. I wouldn't doubt they are going to find a way to charge for each of the primary colors too! Your picture is all funny colored...Oh, you don't have the Red color package, that will be an extra $5.95 per month...<html>
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Hans Stuck · 04-14-2004 08:21 PM

I'd make the switch if I were you.

**///My5UV** · 04-15-2004 05:34 PM

to get SPEED. They compress the hell out of it so it looks like ****e, too. DirecTV's base package includes speed for less, but I'm waiting to see how well their HD TiVo works...
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**caylan** · 04-16-2004 11:01 AM

Csaba · 04-16-2004 03:25 PM

DirecTV programming (including Speed) starts at $40/month (with free installation in up to 5 rooms). You can also pay an extra $99 for a DirecTIVO, so you can just program Season Passes of all your favorite shows. Tivo only adds $5 to your monthly.

I'm using VOOM, because they offer the most High-def programming, with no commitment.

**surfah** · 04-18-2004 05:40 AM

How do you like the channel lineup?
How does the clarity of the HD signal compare to say....HDnet, etc?

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AndyO · 04-19-2004 07:16 PM

petpnyc · 04-23-2004 07:39 AM

im assuming speed isnt in HD...is it in widescreen though? (not likely, i know)

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