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I talked with Cablevision of Raleigh about 10 days ago and they said they
have no current plans to carry the SCI-FI Channel, to which I replied they
will lose me as a customer (a good one at ~$70/mo with the fee increases
on 1-1-92) very soon.  I'm already getting quotes from the satellite dealers
in the area.

Ben Harrell
cmebh01@nt.com

In article <bharrell.724340288@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> cmebh01@nt.com (Ben Harrell) writes:
>I talked with Cablevision of Raleigh about 10 days ago and they said they
>have no current plans to carry the SCI-FI Channel, to which I replied they
>will lose me as a customer (a good one at ~$70/mo with the fee increases
>on 1-1-92) very soon.  I'm already getting quotes from the satellite dealers
>in the area.
>
>Ben Harrell
>cmebh01@nt.com

Cablevision really irks me.  After the phone rang for over 3 minutes, I hung up
and immediately called back.  I hung up again after the phone rang for over a
minute.  I then got 2 busy calls in a row.  FINALLY, on the fifth try, I got
through.

I asked them what their plans were for both the Sci-Fi Channel and the Cartoon
Network.  The person I spoke with replied "we aren't even considering adding
any channels until April."  "April?  Why?" I asked.  "Due to the Cable Bill.
We're waiting to see just what will result from it besides the rate increase."

You might as well stamp "SUCKER" on my forehead.

Ben,  how about sharing some of those quotes?

Derrick

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Derrick Cole              KC4WEJ              MCNC Center for Communications

In article <1992Dec14.151733.10659@rock.concert.net>, 
cole@concert.net (Derrick C. Cole) writes:
|>In article <bharrell.724340288@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> 
cmebh01@nt.com (Ben Harrell) writes:
I'm already getting quotes from the satellite dealers
|>>in the area.
|>>
|>>Ben Harrell
|>>cmebh01@nt.com
|>
|>
|>Ben,  how about sharing some of those quotes?
|>
|>-----
|>Derrick Cole              KC4WEJ              MCNC Center for Communications

You guys need to check out the rec.video.satellite news group
or the HOMESAT mailing list before you make a satellite receiver
decision. It's a jungle out there...

Joe Slater
sasjzs@vms.sas.com
Mine opinion is just that.

sascxh@hornworm.unx.sas.com (Chuck Heatherly) writes:
> My parents live in south Cary (near Waverly Place), and they get
> the new channel.  But has anyone seen program listings for it,
> I haven't seen any in the TV supplement in the N&O.  Also, does
> anyone know if any other cable companies in Cary (are there more
> than one?) get the new channel?

I read a short article in the N&O a few weeks ago indicating that Cary was 
to start getting the Sci-Fi channel December 1, and many other areas would 
start getting it on January 1, along with a coincidental $1.95 rate hike.

Lance


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In <1DPsVB1w165w@circle.raleigh.nc.us> lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US (Lance A. Brown) writes:
>
>I read a short article in the N&O a few weeks ago indicating that Cary was 
>to start getting the Sci-Fi channel December 1, and many other areas would 
>start getting it on January 1, along with a coincidental $1.95 rate hike.

How fortunate. The Cablevision swine are giving us the rate hike *without*
any new channels "because of the new cable bill". I want competition. I can't
put up a dish in my neighborhood, and I've got too many trees near my deck
for a stealth dish to work.
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In article <flash.724433398@ellison>, 
flash@unx.sas.com (Gordon Keener) writes:
|>In <1DPsVB1w165w@circle.raleigh.nc.us> lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US 
(Lance A. Brown) writes:
|>>
|>>I read a short article in the N&O a few weeks ago indicating that 
|>Cary was to start getting the Sci-Fi channel December 1, and many 
|>other areas would start getting it on January 1, along with a 
|>coincidental $1.95 rate hike.
|>
|>How fortunate. The Cablevision swine are giving us the rate hike 
|>*without* any new channels "because of the new cable bill". I want 
|>competition. I can't put up a dish in my neighborhood, and I've 
|>got too many trees near my deck for a stealth dish to work.
|>--

Interestingly enough, I think if you read the fine print, and
_all_ of it is fine print, the rate for basic cable actually went
down. The rate hike is, IMHO, just cablevision sticking it to
the consumer again so it can say "I told you so" about the 
cable bill. Hopefully when the bill comes into force (I believe 
6 months after it was passed), you guys will get some alternatives
or some relief.

I also noticed that CVI has been in the last year or so laying 
cable to anything that looks semi-permanent, at least in the 
southern part of Wake co. I suspect that is so they can have a
leg up when competition becomes a reality.

Joe Slater
sasjzs@vms.sas.com
Mine opinion is just that.

In article <flash.724433398@ellison>, flash@unx.sas.com (Gordon Keener) writes:
>In <1DPsVB1w165w@circle.raleigh.nc.us> lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US (Lance A. Brown) writes:
>>
>>I read a short article in the N&O a few weeks ago indicating that Cary was
>>to start getting the Sci-Fi channel December 1, and many other areas would
>>start getting it on January 1, along with a coincidental $1.95 rate hike.
>
>How fortunate. The Cablevision swine are giving us the rate hike *without*
>any new channels "because of the new cable bill". I want competition. I can't
>put up a dish in my neighborhood, and I've got too many trees near my deck
>for a stealth dish to work.

  Cable TV companies everywhere are raising their rates before the new federal
law takes effect.
  On Monday, officials at Cablevision of Charlotte said most of their customers
will pay 5% more, starting Feb. 1.  But Cablevision President Jeff King denied
his company's latest increase was timed to elude the federal government's 
still-unwritten rules, which take effect in April.  "We're not trying to get
under the wire," he said.  "This is definitely part of our annual increase and 
it has to do with programming costs."  (Yeah, right.)  He would not disclose
which channels have increased their programming rates.  
  The cable companies are lowering "Basic" service, which includes local broad-
cast stations, a cable preview guide and government and public access channels.
"While the reduction (for basic service) has everything to do with the Cable
Act, the increase (for other cable services) has nothing to do with the Cable
Act."  (Yeah, right.)
  In Charlotte, fewer than 10% of Cablevision 100,000 customers get basic
service alone.    

  Just if we had some competition... Was AT&T ever approved to provide cable
services?

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>I get the Sci-Fi channel in the Wake Forest area - it is channel 38(I think).
>BTW, I have CVI of Wake Forest...
>

I am on CVI in south Wake county and I found Sci-Fi channel on
channel 38 also.  MY gripes about CVI are the rates ($20.40 for
extended basic service) and mainly, the fact that if you are one
day late paying your bill, they charge $5.00 late fee. This
happened last month and I almost cancel my subscription then. They
also have the audacity to charge something like $4.50 per month for
additional hookups in YOUR house, which I doubt few people actually
pay ;-). 

I am considering alternate methods of TV reception but we cannot have a
satellite dish or antenna visable from the road in our neighborhood.
Are there antennas that would fit in an attic and yet get decent
reception of the available local stations. 
The network channels and FOX are the ones I consider the
minimum stations I would have to receive.
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*  MARK VARNELL      ...mcnc!aurgate!varnell  *
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varnell@aurs01.UUCP (Mark Varnell) writes:

>I am considering alternate methods of TV reception but we cannot have a
>satellite dish or antenna visable from the road in our neighborhood.
>Are there antennas that would fit in an attic and yet get decent
>reception of the available local stations. 

In looking at Satellite TVRO systems and talking with dealers, there are
disguise kits available to hide the disk so that it looks like something else.
Two I remember are an outdoor table and chair set with a large umbrella that
covers the dish, and an artificial rock garden grouping with the largest 
one covering the dish.  The pictures I saw looked very nice.

Ben Harrell
cmebh01@nt.com