So if i dont plan on getting or having a premium channel i could pretty much save $100 a year by not having a Video On Demand feature...not bad
Does anyone know what Comcast's SMTP server for Houston is? I currently use - smtp-server.houston.rr.com I am guessing that that will no longer work after Tuesday.
I think it will work a little while longer, but I think there's a deadline mentioned somewhere in this thread.
so ESPN2HD, TNTHD, and DiscoveryHD will be free? looking at the channels it seems all you get with the HD package is 2 channels
No they didn't. Unless some moron in tech support told you that. From day one, they said the email would not change, for a year (2007) Although, they kinda backed off that and now it's 60 days (Mid August?), and the rr address will forward to the comcast address. Anyway, the best way to go nowadays is to purchase your own domain, and set up an email address. (It's what I'll be doing with my domain sometime soon)
I heard that you will have 5 months of Roadrunner and your @comcast.net accounts. This will give you time to transition your contacts and e-mails to your new e-mail account.
The Comcast Mail server settings are as follows: Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.comcast.net Incoming mail (POP3): mail.comcast.net
Is there a place we can go to place our orders now? I'd rather have all the new channels I want to appear tomorrow instead of waiting to order them. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4897534.html Coming on Comcast Since it will be available only on a sports tier and not on one of the more popular services, NFL Network isn't particularly jazzed that you'll have access to its channel beginning Tuesday on the newly launched Comcast Houston cable system. Still, the network has a few opening-week programs to suggest. The Top 10 series at 8 p.m. Wednesday features a look at the league's most elusive runners. I've never thought of Earl Campbell as being particularly elusive, but maybe he'll be on the list. The NFL Classics series at 8 p.m. Thursday features new Texans running back Ahman Green in the Seattle-Green Bay playoff game from January 2004. If you haven't seen the excellent America's Game series on Super Bowl champions, the 1982 Redskins of Joe Theismann and John Riggins are profiled at 9 p.m. Friday. Friday, you can catch linebacker Trent Bray, center Mike Brisiel and safety John Walker of the Hamburg Sea Devils playing Frankfurt in World Bowl XV at noon, followed by the Lost Treasures of NFL Films tribute to Bum Phillips at 3 p.m. Also new on Comcast are ESPN2 HD, which will feature high-def broadcasts from the College World Series; ESPN Deportes, which will feature the UEFA European under-21 soccer tournament this week; and GolTV, which features 12 live soccer games per weekend with commentary on English and Spanish on separate channels, including the Copa America tournament starting June 26. "We will give people as much soccer as they can digest," said programming vice president Constantino Voulgaris.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,123845.shtml Time Warner Cable Becomes Comcast in Houston Posted : Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:08:01 GMT HOUSTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Starting tomorrow, consumers throughout Greater Houston will have a new cable, entertainment and communications service provider as Time Warner Cable officially becomes Comcast. The transition, benefiting more than 750,000 Houston-area cable television, high-speed Internet and phone customers, follows the dissolution of a joint venture between the two companies earlier this year. To mark the switch, Comcast will enhance the channel lineup in the City of Houston and the 62 surrounding communities it now serves, launching nearly 20 new channels, including the NFL Network and five High-Definition (HD) networks from Comcast's industry-leading HD lineup. The transition will also bring newly branded Comcast trucks, signs and employee uniforms to the market, which stretches from Galveston to the Woodlands and from Baytown to Katy. Tony Speller, named late last year as Senior Vice President of the Houston Region, said the transition sets the stage for the rollout of Comcast's innovative broadband video, high-speed Internet and phone products, enabled by an investment of more than $200 million in the market this year. This significant investment will also enhance the company's advanced fiber network and improve the customer experience. Speller said, "The transition from Time Warner to Comcast is more than just a change in name on a technician's uniform, on a truck or on a building. It represents a true commitment to innovative products, a focus on improving our customers' experience and an ongoing dedication to the communities where our customers and our 2,700 employees live and work. We will work hard each day to earn the trust and satisfaction of our newest customers." The five new HD networks that are available to Houston customers as of tomorrow include ESPN2 HD (Channel 293), MHD: Music High-Definition (Channel 296), Versus/The Golf Channel HD (Channel 294), Starz HD (Channel 415) and Cinemax HD (Channel 419). To view these networks in HD, customers must have a HD television set and HD-capable cable box as well as subscribe to the corresponding level of service. With these additions, Houston-area Comcast customers can now access 21 HD networks, a significant increase. Other networks that will be added to the Houston lineup are NFL Network (Channel 113), GolTV (Channel 104), PBS Kids Sprout (Channel 128), Logo (Channel 160), MoviePlex (Channel 149), Indieplex (Channel 167), Retroplex (Channel 168), Flix (Channel 170), The Africa Channel (Channel 240), Gospel Music Channel (Channel 172), ImaginAsian TV (Channel 241), Fox Reality (Channel 250) and ESPN Deportes (Channel 513). In addition to the new channels, Comcast will place several networks on more widely viewed tiers of service so additional customers can enjoy them, including ESPN HD, Universal HD, Independent Film Channel and the seven other movie channels that were previously in the Movies Plus package. The availability of each of these channels depends on the customer's level of service. In the coming weeks and months, Comcast will launch several other products and services, including: -- Comcast High-Speed Internet: Beginning in mid-July, former Time Warner Road Runner customers will be automatically converted to the Comcast network. The conversion will bring customers faster Internet speeds of up to 6 Mbps, which is four times faster than DSL and more than 100 times faster than dial-up. Plus, customers will receive PowerBoost speed enhancer at no extra cost, which uses additional capacity in the network to provide extra bursts of speed when downloading and uploading large files, making it quicker and more convenient to access large files like movies, music and photos. In addition to the speed enhancements, Comcast High-Speed Internet customers with a Comcast.net user name and password will receive dozens of value-added features at no additional cost, such as McAfee Security Suite, Rhapsody Radio, Video Mail and PhotoShow Deluxe as well as access to Comcast.net, the company's award-winning broadband portal. After the high-speed Internet conversion is complete, customers will receive an e-mail notification prompting them to complete an easy-to-use online migration tool to help them: - Select their user ID name and change their Time Warner e-mail domain to comcast.net; - Route e-mails sent to their old address to their new address through the end of 2007; - Carry over existing e-mails and address book information; and - Notify the contacts in their address book of their new e-mail address if they choose. -- Comcast Digital Voice(TM): Former Time Warner Digital Phone customers will be converted to Comcast's innovative home phone service -- Comcast Digital Voice -- in mid-July. Comcast Digital Voice is a highly reliable, fully-featured residential phone service that offers digital quality service over Comcast's privately-managed network, voice mail, 12 of the most popular calling features, such as caller ID, call waiting and three-way calling, online access to voice mail through the Digital Voice Center and unlimited local and long distance calling, including to Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, America Samoa and Saipan/Northern Mariana Islands, for one low price. -- ON DEMAND: Comcast's signature ON DEMAND service will start to roll out later this summer, offering 9,300 programs a month, including more than 150 hours of HD ON DEMAND content along with a variety of movies, sports shows, children's programs, music videos and interactive content. Customers will be able to watch ON DEMAND shows whenever it is convenient for them and have the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind their selections. The majority of ON DEMAND programming comes at no additional cost to Digital Cable customers.
WTF.... higher sped internet in "mid-July"?? The new on-demand content will be "later this summer"??? Damn... I was looking forward to tommorow, but now.... not so much.
wow so much hype for nothin. only thing I'm excited about is the independent movie channel. thumbs down for nfl network and espn "deportes"
So if ESPN2HD will be Channel 293, what happens to UniversalHD which is currently on that same channel? Will they bump it to 294?
