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Re: cable area boundaries within city of Chicago

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From: David W. Tamkin
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:30
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Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote in <jk747m$lru$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com>:

| I don't think it matters anymore, is probably the reason there is no current
| map.

Comcast has different channel lineups and I think possibly some differences
in pricing for the former Chicago Cable zones (1, 4, and 5) from the former
Group W (and later Prime Cable) zones (2 and 3).  That's why I'm interested.

Meanwhile, I did find these maps, which look correct for the outlines, but
the roads and rivers are superimposed inaccurately, so they don't give the
boundaries with much precision:

Area 1:
http://www.comcastspotlight.com/markets/chicago/zone/local-zone-chicago-city-north

Area 2:
http://www.comcastspotlight.com/markets/chicago/zone/local-zone-chicago-northwest

Area 3:
http://www.comcastspotlight.com/markets/chicago/zone/local-zone-chicago-southwest

Area 4:
http://www.comcastspotlight.com/markets/chicago/zone/chicago-central

Area 5:
http://www.comcastspotlight.com/markets/chicago/zone/local-zone-chicago-south

Calling area 3 "southwest" and area 4 "central" is rather odd, but that's
what they did.

| If you are concerned about a particular building, just punch the address in
| the two websites for rcn and wow, it'll tell you right away if it's
| available.

That wasn't my reason, but I always did find it odd that RCN rented billboard
space at Pulaski and Granville, where they don't serve.
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From: nobody@[127.0.0.1] (David W. Tamkin)
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Subject: Re: cable area boundaries within city of Chicago
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:30:04 +0000 (UTC)
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