Can somebody from cablevision please explain to me why I shouldn't
dump your service and get a dish.

Aside from OOL, I can't see a single reason to stay with cablevision.

I live in Dix Hills. From what I hear Digital Service is being
introduced in Western LI? Whatever that means. I got a card last week
asking if I was inerested. I then got a detailed mailing today. I
called them asked a few questions and signed up for installation in a
week.



--- In cablevision_digital@y..., norman_kleinberg@b... wrote:
> Can I ask where you're located?
>
> Is there any info available as to what locations are going to get
> DTV? I've visited the CV web site and put my Zip in but no mention
of
> DTV.
>
> I remember waiting a year or two for Optimum in Long Beach (used to
> trail the Cablevision trucks so I could ask the driver when it was
> coming <g>). Now I'm in Great Neck and have found a place that is
> behind even LB. Probably will arrive when I'm ready for the Home.
>
> =NLK=
>
>
> --- In cablevision_digital@y..., "Synaps" <synaps240@y...> wrote:
> > Well I just took the plunge and signed up for Digital Cable. Will
> be
> > installed week after next.
> >
> > Additional cost above current cable cost for complete package;
> > $19.95/month for the first year, then $29.95/month thereafter.
This
> > plus additional $5.95/month for each box. If you have any TV's
that
> > are not connected with the new box they remain as analogue TV!
> >
> > Services:
> > 1- Movies on demand.
> > 2- Mag Rack.
> > 3- Interactive MSG sports.
> > 4- scores, news, weather and traffic on demand.
> > 5- PhotoNet TV.
> > 6- Digital quality video and audio.
> > 7- Many more channels (4 additional HBO and more).
> > 8- 40 commercial free digital music channels.
> > 9- On screen programming guide.
> > 10-E-Mail on the TV screen.
> >
> > There is also a 30 day money back guarantee.

Can I ask where you're located?

Is there any info available as to what locations are going to get
DTV? I've visited the CV web site and put my Zip in but no mention of
DTV.

I remember waiting a year or two for Optimum in Long Beach (used to
trail the Cablevision trucks so I could ask the driver when it was
coming <g>). Now I'm in Great Neck and have found a place that is
behind even LB. Probably will arrive when I'm ready for the Home.

=NLK=


--- In cablevision_digital@y..., "Synaps" <synaps240@y...> wrote:
> Well I just took the plunge and signed up for Digital Cable. Will
be
> installed week after next.
>
> Additional cost above current cable cost for complete package;
> $19.95/month for the first year, then $29.95/month thereafter. This
> plus additional $5.95/month for each box. If you have any TV's that
> are not connected with the new box they remain as analogue TV!
>
> Services:
> 1- Movies on demand.
> 2- Mag Rack.
> 3- Interactive MSG sports.
> 4- scores, news, weather and traffic on demand.
> 5- PhotoNet TV.
> 6- Digital quality video and audio.
> 7- Many more channels (4 additional HBO and more).
> 8- 40 commercial free digital music channels.
> 9- On screen programming guide.
> 10-E-Mail on the TV screen.
>
> There is also a 30 day money back guarantee.

If it is what format is it?

All the best,

Bryan

Well I just took the plunge and signed up for Digital Cable. Will be
installed week after next.

Additional cost above current cable cost for complete package;
$19.95/month for the first year, then $29.95/month thereafter. This
plus additional $5.95/month for each box. If you have any TV's that
are not connected with the new box they remain as analogue TV!

Services:
1- Movies on demand.
2- Mag Rack.
3- Interactive MSG sports.
4- scores, news, weather and traffic on demand.
5- PhotoNet TV.
6- Digital quality video and audio.
7- Many more channels (4 additional HBO and more).
8- 40 commercial free digital music channels.
9- On screen programming guide.
10-E-Mail on the TV screen.

There is also a 30 day money back guarantee.

Are the walk in centers already doing box swaps for the digital
sets???   And will I be able to use both digital and conventional
service on the same line?  I have 1 main splitter going to my living
room tv and then the cable modem. the living room splits off to the
bedrooms.  I'd rather not put digital boxes on all 3 tv's.  hmmmm.

thanks guys

Tim

Maybe I should move to LI -- no mention of when iO will hit Fairfield
County.

BTW, thanks for the heads up, Keith.

Cablevision To Launch New Boxes & will offer range of interactive services

By Harry Berkowitz
Newsday Staff Writer


Starting tomorrow, half a million Cablevision customers on Long Island can begin
installing a new box that turns their TV set into a combination home-video
store, e-mail
machine and commercial-free radio.

Cablevision's long-delayed new digital set-top box will also offer between 20
and 35 extra
cable channels, ranging from women-oriented Oxygen and children-focused Toon
Disney to
ESPN Classic and BET on Jazz.

But the company faces challenges in launching the long-planned service, called
Interactive
Optimum, or iO, at a time when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and depressed
stock market
and economy have slowed consumer spending, analysts say.

Also, some features the company had hoped to include from the start -- such as
Internet-based phone service, instant messaging, shopping via remote control and
the
TiVo-like ability to instantly pause or record programs on a hard drive -- won't
be
available for many months and face uncertain levels of demand, analysts say.

Cablevision is charging $9.95 per month each for video-on-demand service, e-mail
or 45
audio-only music channels. It is charging $14.95 for just the extra cable TV
channels, on
top of the $38.75 or more that Cablevision customers pay for a standard
"family,” or
Optimum, cable package.

In comparison, Time Warner Cable charges $9.95 extra for its digital service in
New York
City, which includes 40 extra cable TV channels and 40 music channels, but which
does not
yet offer video on demand or e-mail.

But Cablevision is hoping customers will be dazzled enough by its features to
choose the
full package of them at a cost of $29.95 per month, or $19.95 per month in the
first year
for those who order by Dec. 31. There is an additional charge of $5.95 per month
for each
box, built by Sony Corp. of America, compared with $3 for the analog box it
replaces.

"The way in which our customers watch television is about to change,” said Pat
Falese,
senior vice president of consumer product management at Bethpage-based
Cablevision Systems
Corp., which expects iO to stem defections to satellite TV service.

For instance, video on demand customers will be able to choose from more than
100 movies
and play each at any time within a 24-hour period, then pause, rewind or
fast-forward them
repeatedly during that period. Even that service faces stumbling blocks,
however, because
many film studios -- demanding a big cut of the revenue and fearing video piracy
-- have
resisted providing recently released movies for VOD use.

Cablevision said it has signed deals with three studios it declined to identify
and is
negotiating with others. Some recently released VOD films include "Pay It
Forward,”
"Pokemon 3,” "Blow” and "Swordfish.” Those cost $3.95 each, although some older
films are
included in the service at no extra charge.

Digital subscribers who order premium channels such as HBO, Showtime or Cinemax
will get
up to 15 extra versions that repackage the programs of those channels under
themes such as
comedy or action.

In addition, VOD customers will be able to order various programs from premium
channels
such as HBO and Showtime to watch at any time at no extra charge. And
Cablevision's
Rainbow programming unit will provide specialty videos on topics ranging from
motorcycles
and wine to birdwatching, Catholicism and weddings. Adult films won't come until
later.

Another feature allows subscribers to call up sports scores, news headlines,
games such as
blackjack or local weather and traffic at any time.

Cablevision is the last of the nation's nine biggest cable operators to launch
digital
set-top boxes, which are in more than 13 million homes nationwide. But its
version is more
advanced than what most other operators offer, and it hopes it can add on lots
of
elaborate features without replacing the Sony box.

That new box is slated to replace analog boxes in all 3 million Cablevision
subscriber
homes in the New York metropolitan area over the next 31/2 years, including
homes that
don't order the services. First up are 550,000 homes in most of Nassau County
and parts of
Suffolk County.

Gearing up for the service has been enormously expensive for Cablevision, which
is
spending $2 billion for new fiber-optic cable lines and $1 billion for the Sony
boxes,
which cost $350 each, compared to the $200 most cable companies pay for
less-advanced
boxes.

"I'm not sure the additional investment in the box is really worth it,” said
Aditya
Kishore, a media analyst at the Boston consulting firm Yankee Group. "A lot of
the next
generation of interactive TV services have unproven revenue models.”

Further complicating the outlook for its new service, Cablevision has chosen to
provide
its own on-screen program guide rather than the interactive guide that
Gemstar-TV Guide is
selling to most cable operators. Falese said that approach gives the company
more control
over the features and look of the guide, but Gemstar is ready for a fight.

"Cablevision is planning on offering their valuable customers what we consider
to be a
poorly conceived IPG that was clearly designed by lawyers in an attempt to work
around our
patents,” Gemstar co-president Peter Boylan said during a recent earnings
teleconference
with analysts. "We remain confident that this cannot be done without a
disastrous user
experience.”

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-txcab27.story?coll=ny%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines

Enjoy,
Keith

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
WEB:  http://www.knip.com
MAIL:    keith@...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Does anyone know if the e-mail that is supposed to be part of the CV
Digital will use the same e-mail address as we have with OOL - if we
ahve OOL internet?

I drive past a Cablevision center everyday, but had to go to WIZ to
get the OOL.  Is the same likely to apply to Digital - not available
at CV stores?   I am in W. nassau, so hoping I get to see the package
soon.   Other than wanting to get News 12, DirecTV is getting closer
to reality for me.  I hope CV can compete - especially interested in
the FOX, MLB & NBA packages DTV offers.  I wonder if CV will?

Hmmm...$30 extra a month just for the privelage of being "forced" to
the digital box?  Every CV news article/press release I've read so
far has indicated that getting the digital box and service wouldn't
cost extra.  I think that you'll be able to "grandfather" your old
plan for a while with the new boxes, but you won't get any of the new
channels being added and maybe some of the other features.  But I'm
sure CV is banking on the fact that no one who goes out to the Wiz to
get a new box is going to walk away without subscribing to a new
package.

Personally, I'm paying close to $60/month (including taxes and
equipment rental fees) for JUST OptimumTV + HBO, so I'm hoping that
for somewhere under $75/month I can get the digital service with some
multiple premium channels thrown in (like 8 HBOs, 10 Starz, etc).

And I do think CV will make a ton of money off of VOD, shopping,
etc., which is why they can give the boxes away.

I'd also like to have the HBO VOD service I've been reading about as
well.

Comcast only charges $75 for their top level of digital service.    I
know I keep blowing the comcast horn (honest, I don't work for them
or hold stock!), but I am amazed at how quickly they are able to roll
out services compared with Cablevision.    Maybe if they spent a
little less on sports teams.....

Cablevision does seem to lead comcast in broadband (once it gets to
you), but they offer more options such as addition IP's servers, etc.

Doug

--- In cablevision_digital@y..., Roy Beardsley <mnvikes@o...> wrote:
> .. so this indicates that we're to pay $30 additional for the new
digital
> service ON TOP of whatever package we have now, minus a discount of
the
> current package's cost which WON'T approach the $30 premium. Thus
far I'm a
> bit put-off by the cost. I was really hoping that the additional
revenue
> they were expecting to generate would NOT be derived from monthly
access
> fees but rather more PREMIUM services and PPV events.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Knipschild" <Keith@K...>
> To: <cablevision_digital@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:03 PM
> Subject: [cablevision_digital] CV DIGITAL INFO
>
>
> > Here is the info I got so far. ( All Subject to Change )
> >
> > Launch Date is soon, maybe as soon as Sept 28,2001
> >
> > Price will be $30 a month for the Digital package..
> >
> > If you have OPTIMUM GOLD ($79), you will get a 20% Discount on it,
> > if you get the DIGITAL SERVICES..
> >
> > All Encoded ( Analog Scrambled ) Channels will be
> > duplicated on the DIGITAL SERVICE.
> >
> > The SONY Digital Box will NOT be able to Decode ( DE-SCRAMBLE)
> > the Analog Scrambled Channels.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Keith
> >
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > WEB:  http://www.knip.com
> > MAIL:    keith@k...
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > cablevision_digital-unsubscribe@y...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >

Any news on the upgrade in Yonkers?
My friend in Scardsale has had it for months but has no opt onnline
available.

Thanks

.. so this indicates that we're to pay $30 additional for the new digital
service ON TOP of whatever package we have now, minus a discount of the
current package's cost which WON'T approach the $30 premium. Thus far I'm a
bit put-off by the cost. I was really hoping that the additional revenue
they were expecting to generate would NOT be derived from monthly access
fees but rather more PREMIUM services and PPV events.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Knipschild" <Keith@...>
To: <cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:03 PM
Subject: [cablevision_digital] CV DIGITAL INFO


> Here is the info I got so far. ( All Subject to Change )
>
> Launch Date is soon, maybe as soon as Sept 28,2001
>
> Price will be $30 a month for the Digital package..
>
> If you have OPTIMUM GOLD ($79), you will get a 20% Discount on it,
> if you get the DIGITAL SERVICES..
>
> All Encoded ( Analog Scrambled ) Channels will be
> duplicated on the DIGITAL SERVICE.
>
> The SONY Digital Box will NOT be able to Decode ( DE-SCRAMBLE)
> the Analog Scrambled Channels.
>
>
>
> Enjoy,
> Keith
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> WEB:  http://www.knip.com
> MAIL:    keith@...
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> cablevision_digital-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>

At this time thats all the info I have...

If I get anymore, I'll pass it on



Enjoy,
Keith

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
WEB:  http://www.knip.com
MAIL:    keith@...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

> -----Original Message-----
> From: msw2k@... [mailto:msw2k@...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:14 PM
> To: cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cablevision_digital] Re: CV DIGITAL INFO
>
>
> Who are your sources?  Any info on the box?  How many can a family
> get?
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> cablevision_digital-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>

Who are your sources?  Any info on the box?  How many can a family
get?

Here is the info I got so far. ( All Subject to Change )

Launch Date is soon, maybe as soon as Sept 28,2001

Price will be $30 a month for the Digital package..

If you have OPTIMUM GOLD ($79), you will get a 20% Discount on it,
if you get the DIGITAL SERVICES..

All Encoded ( Analog Scrambled ) Channels will be
duplicated on the DIGITAL SERVICE.

The SONY Digital Box will NOT be able to Decode ( DE-SCRAMBLE)
the Analog Scrambled Channels.



Enjoy,
Keith

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
WEB:  http://www.knip.com
MAIL:    keith@...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

keep this going


--- cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created
> for the
> cablevision_digital group:
>
> I think the cablevision_digital group:
>
>   o should be closed.
>   o is great.
>   o sucks.
>   o is ahead of its time.
>
>
> To vote, please visit the following web page:
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cablevision_digital/polls
>
>
> Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll
> votes are
> not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the
> Yahoo! Groups
> web site listed above.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


__________________________________________________
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help?
Donate cash, emergency relief information
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

Posted on the lioptonline group...

Remember the Optimum TV rollout?  Those in Lower Fairfield county shouldn't
hold their collective breath just yet...

rg

------------------------------------------------------------------------
From:  "Matt L." <mattl@o...>
Date:  Thu Sep 20, 2001  8:15 am
Subject:  RE: [lioptonline] Digital Cable Is Almost Here


I spoke to a tech on the phone on Sunday who said the rollout date for the
new digital boxes is supposed to be the first week in October.

-Matt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Gunther [mailto:kgunther@o...]
>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:46 AM
>To: lioptonline@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [lioptonline] Digital Cable Is Almost Here
>
>
>        I've seen that ad a few times but so far I haven't been able to
>find out any other details.
>
>                          KenG
>
>
>At 12:49 9/18/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >I was watching Fox Sports NY last night, and I saw a commercial which
> >said, "Digital Cable Coming September 28".  Did anyone else see the
> >commercial ?  Does anyone know what areas it will be available in ?
> >The commercial did not say much else other than give the rollout date.
> >
> >Scott G.
>



_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Should this group be closed?

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
cablevision_digital group:

I think the cablevision_digital group:

   o should be closed.
   o is great.
   o sucks.
   o is ahead of its time.


To vote, please visit the following web page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cablevision_digital/polls

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

I wonder how fast it would be built out if Comcast was allowed to
overbuild their systems in NJ?

--- In cablevision_digital@y..., rick@c... wrote:
> Well, I don't live in Woodbury or anywhere near there, so I'm
> stuck waiting on digital for home, too.  Rick
>
>
> --- In cablevision_digital@y..., Jim Ribar <jimmacr@o...> wrote:
> > Well, It's really logical to start out in Nassau and Suffolk
> counties.
> > Cablevision's  HQ/Server's are all in Hicksville, and A lot of
the
> > tech's like Rick are located in Woodberry.  It would be easiest
for
> them
> > to start out testing, etc. in the local area, because most of the
> tech's
> > are all on the system they are operating on.  So they could get
> instant
> > feedback on how it's working.  Also they don't have to send the
> data
> > across to other far away :) places, which throws another
situation
> into
> > the mix.  Once they get the system working in place, then they
will
> > start the spread it out further after time.
> >
> > The main for the delay in the time, well, what they said it was,
> was the
> > support staff, and probably the field tech's needed to be trained
> on how
> > to support the system, and how the general infrastructure works.
> >
> > --Jim
> > (Just my ideas)
> >
> > On Wednesday, September 5, 2001, at 04:54 PM, bucknellalum@h...
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've read that the rollout will be announced w/in the next few
> > > weeks...looks like it is going to start on Long Island...I'm in
> CT,
> > > so I don't expect to see my Sony box until next year at the
> earliest
> > > (weep, weep).
> > >
> > > Note to Chuck Dolan:  if this gets delayed again I'm heading
> straight
> > > to Circuit City and getting a dish!

You can get that on DirectTV and DishTV now.

Why wait 3 years to get it from Cablevision?

--- In cablevision_digital@y..., bucknellalum@h... wrote:
> The one feature I see missing from all the news on the new Sony box
> is PVR functionality.  Given the recent ReplayTV news (see link and
> beginning of press release below), perhaps CV is willing to let 3rd
> parties like Tivo and ReplayTV devolop & market products like this,
> as DirecTV does.
>
> [Note: I alwyas liked the idea of Tivo but always wondered how you
> could share what you recorded -- I guess broadband email is the
> solution.  But I'm sure the files are small and won't cause any
> network congestion ;) ]
>
> What other features should CV consider in the future (aside from
> email, VOD, interactive menu, etc.)?  Any suggestions?
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SONICblue Introduces 1st Broadband Digital Video Recorder: the
> ReplayTV 4000
>
> New Home Media Server Stores Up to 320 Hours; Allows Users to Share
> Content within the Home and with Friends
>
> SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sept. 5, 2001 – ReplayTV changed home
> entertainment forever with the introduction of the first digital
> video recorder (DVR) in 1998, allowing consumers to pause live
> television. Now, SONICblueTM (Nasdaq: SBLU) is giving consumers
even
> more control. The company is launching the first home-networked
DVR,
> a revolutionary product with broadband connectivity that lets
> consumers store up to 320 hours of television or other media, share
> video clips between rooms in the home or with friends outside the
> home, as well as playback recorded programs without commercials.
The
> world's first home video server, the ReplayTV 4000 can also be
> used
> to store photos and home movies.
>
> SONICblue's new ReplayTV 4000 models connect to a cable modem or
> DSL for fast and easy transferring of video over broadband and can
> share video throughout the house via a home network.
>
> See the following url for complete details:
>
> http://www.sonicblue.com/default.asp?menu=Press_Room&ID=493

--- In cablevision_digital@y..., bucknellalum@h... wrote:
> The one feature I see missing from all the news on the new Sony box
> is PVR functionality.  Given the recent ReplayTV news (see link and
> beginning of press release below), perhaps CV is willing to let 3rd
> parties like Tivo and ReplayTV devolop & market products like this,
> as DirecTV does.

Majority opinion on the Tivo forum
(http://www.avsforum.com/ubbcgitivo/Ultimate.cgi) is that the
ReplayTV will never be released in its current iteration due to its
potential use as a copyright violator  - imagine taping a movie off
HBO, then sending it to a friend - putting Sonicblue (the present
owner of ReplayTV) on the receiving end of a massive lawsuite, which
they can ill afford. Yes, you can do it now with video tapes, but it's
not as convenient (think of Napster - people were copying CDs long
before it came out, but Napster made it so much easier).

Cruising around the CV website I saw a picture of the new Sony box
within the 2000 annual report.

Click on the "Digital" section under "Broadband":

http://www.cablevision.com/reports/report00/cv/cv2000.html

The one feature I see missing from all the news on the new Sony box
is PVR functionality.  Given the recent ReplayTV news (see link and
beginning of press release below), perhaps CV is willing to let 3rd
parties like Tivo and ReplayTV devolop & market products like this,
as DirecTV does.

[Note: I alwyas liked the idea of Tivo but always wondered how you
could share what you recorded -- I guess broadband email is the
solution.  But I'm sure the files are small and won't cause any
network congestion ;) ]

What other features should CV consider in the future (aside from
email, VOD, interactive menu, etc.)?  Any suggestions?

--------------------------------------------------------------------

SONICblue Introduces 1st Broadband Digital Video Recorder: the
ReplayTV 4000

New Home Media Server Stores Up to 320 Hours; Allows Users to Share
Content within the Home and with Friends

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sept. 5, 2001 – ReplayTV changed home
entertainment forever with the introduction of the first digital
video recorder (DVR) in 1998, allowing consumers to pause live
television. Now, SONICblueTM (Nasdaq: SBLU) is giving consumers even
more control. The company is launching the first home-networked DVR,
a revolutionary product with broadband connectivity that lets
consumers store up to 320 hours of television or other media, share
video clips between rooms in the home or with friends outside the
home, as well as playback recorded programs without commercials. The
world's first home video server, the ReplayTV 4000 can also be
used
to store photos and home movies.

SONICblue's new ReplayTV 4000 models connect to a cable modem or
DSL for fast and easy transferring of video over broadband and can
share video throughout the house via a home network.

See the following url for complete details:

http://www.sonicblue.com/default.asp?menu=Press_Room&ID=493

Well, I don't live in Woodbury or anywhere near there, so I'm
stuck waiting on digital for home, too.  Rick


--- In cablevision_digital@y..., Jim Ribar <jimmacr@o...> wrote:
> Well, It's really logical to start out in Nassau and Suffolk
counties.
> Cablevision's  HQ/Server's are all in Hicksville, and A lot of the
> tech's like Rick are located in Woodberry.  It would be easiest for
them
> to start out testing, etc. in the local area, because most of the
tech's
> are all on the system they are operating on.  So they could get
instant
> feedback on how it's working.  Also they don't have to send the
data
> across to other far away :) places, which throws another situation
into
> the mix.  Once they get the system working in place, then they will
> start the spread it out further after time.
>
> The main for the delay in the time, well, what they said it was,
was the
> support staff, and probably the field tech's needed to be trained
on how
> to support the system, and how the general infrastructure works.
>
> --Jim
> (Just my ideas)
>
> On Wednesday, September 5, 2001, at 04:54 PM, bucknellalum@h...
> wrote:
>
> > I've read that the rollout will be announced w/in the next few
> > weeks...looks like it is going to start on Long Island...I'm in
CT,
> > so I don't expect to see my Sony box until next year at the
earliest
> > (weep, weep).
> >
> > Note to Chuck Dolan:  if this gets delayed again I'm heading
straight
> > to Circuit City and getting a dish!

Open Letter to Chuck Dolan:  The wait better be worth it!


----Original Message Follows----
From: pgorry@...
Reply-To: cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com
To: cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [cablevision_digital] To little too late
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 00:33:54 -0000
My honest opinion is that they have waited to long to roll out
digital cable. As I drive around the Island and ride the LIRR every
day, its amazing how many people now have a dish on there roof. They
say the will be competing with Dish and DSS and have more to offer,
ie local programming and now the latest is News12.
Well I for one am down grading to basic cable, no more cable boxes
and very expensive HBO, Starz, even Disney is a premium channel on
Cablevision and switching to Dish for my Americas 150 package. Yes I
need a box, but I do with cable. But for $40 a month you get a few
Disneys and several movie channels, also Fox sports.
I think its going to be very interesting how thing pan out and they
structure there pricing plans.
Just my 2 cents on there TV service,,,,,,,,,, now there online
service, well its awesome, I have it, I love it, I'll keep it.
PeterG

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

My honest opinion is that they have waited to long to roll out
digital cable. As I drive around the Island and ride the LIRR every
day, its amazing how many people now have a dish on there roof. They
say the will be competing with Dish and DSS and have more to offer,
ie local programming and now the latest is News12.
Well I for one am down grading to basic cable, no more cable boxes
and very expensive HBO, Starz, even Disney is a premium channel on
Cablevision and switching to Dish for my Americas 150 package. Yes I
need a box, but I do with cable. But for $40 a month you get a few
Disneys and several movie channels, also Fox sports.
I think its going to be very interesting how thing pan out and they
structure there pricing plans.

Just my 2 cents on there TV service,,,,,,,,,, now there online
service, well its awesome, I have it, I love it, I'll keep it.

PeterG

Well, It's really logical to start out in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Cablevision's  HQ/Server's are all in Hicksville, and A lot of the
tech's like Rick are located in Woodberry.  It would be easiest for them
to start out testing, etc. in the local area, because most of the tech's
are all on the system they are operating on.  So they could get instant
feedback on how it's working.  Also they don't have to send the data
across to other far away :) places, which throws another situation into
the mix.  Once they get the system working in place, then they will
start the spread it out further after time.

The main for the delay in the time, well, what they said it was, was the
support staff, and probably the field tech's needed to be trained on how
to support the system, and how the general infrastructure works.

--Jim
(Just my ideas)

On Wednesday, September 5, 2001, at 04:54 PM, bucknellalum@...
wrote:

> I've read that the rollout will be announced w/in the next few
> weeks...looks like it is going to start on Long Island...I'm in CT,
> so I don't expect to see my Sony box until next year at the earliest
> (weep, weep).
>
> Note to Chuck Dolan:  if this gets delayed again I'm heading straight
> to Circuit City and getting a dish!

I've read that the rollout will be announced w/in the next few
weeks...looks like it is going to start on Long Island...I'm in CT,
so I don't expect to see my Sony box until next year at the earliest
(weep, weep).

Note to Chuck Dolan:  if this gets delayed again I'm heading straight
to Circuit City and getting a dish!