Milwaukee HDTV User Group

Quote from: ArgMeMatey on Saturday Apr 15, 2017, 10:59:21 AM

Quote from: duncantuna on Friday Apr 14, 2017, 10:41:12 AM
Found this interesting from the link above ..
all but one station in Milwaukee will change channels.[/i]

Context is important; based on the FCC enumeration, I read it as ... all but one of the four listed will change channels.  Meaning, other stations aren't changing channel frequencies, although they could certainly change virtual channel numbers.  Let me know if I'm missing something, though.

Nope, it literally means all but one Milwaukee channel will change channels. Here's a URL that lists the new channel assignments:
https://www.rabbitears.info/repackchannels.php?country=US&city=&state=&mktid=41&owner=&sort=

Although, according to that list, it's actually 2 channels, if you include WIWN in the Milwaukee market. They remain on 5 and WMVS remains on 8. Everyone else moves to a new channel assignment.

Quote from: Jack 1000 on Friday Jan 27, 2017, 09:41:10 AM

Quote from: LoadStar on Thursday Jan 26, 2017, 07:21:12 AM
To anyone that made the change from TWC to Charter TV plans: what plan are you on, and does it include Fox Sports Wisconsin? The channel listings on the website, and the retail price list, don't indicate that it is included with any of their plans.

Sup Loadstar?

Good question about Fox Sports Wisconsin.  I found the following on the national Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 channels on Spectrum. That PDF file above, to which I linked, shows that Fox Sports 1 is in Spectrum Select.  (Their first package choice) and Fox Sports 2 is in Spectrum Silver.  Spectrum Silver I read is their most popular plan.  Spectrum Gold gives you everything.  When you take a package, it automatically includes every package below the package that you take.  Good question though.  What channel is local Fox Sports Wisconsin on legacy TWC?  I always thought that this was a part of Fox Sports 1?  Maybe somebody with a converted Spectrum account can select the channel for Fox Sports Wisconsin and see if it is still there?

Jack



Jack

FOX Sports Wisconsin is one of their many regional sports channels, and is on 31, 309, and 1309. It has nothing to do with either FOX Sports 1 or FOX Sports 2, which are their two national sports channels.

To anyone that made the change from TWC to Charter TV plans: what plan are you on, and does it include Fox Sports Wisconsin? The channel listings on the website, and the retail price list, don't indicate that it is included with any of their plans.

Just checked my TiVo, and most of these channels are coming in now, if they're available in your package. They haven't been added to the TiVo guide data yet though.

Last I heard, they're ramping up the rebranding. The trucks are already mostly all rebranded, and the stores are likely to be re-branded very shortly. I actually expect that we'll be fully rebranded "Spectrum" by the end of the first quarter of the year.

For whatever it's worth, I'm going through and checking some of these again. On the channels I've tested, previously I was getting a generic "having trouble receiving a signal on this channel" message, but I'm now getting "This channel is not authorized."

Completely baseless speculation: this might be in prep for the launch of the Charter plans, and these additional channels might only be available to the higher tiers of Charter service.

For what it's worth, I was at one of the Time Warner Stores recently. I asked them when they expected the Charter policies and services to "kick in" for the Milwaukee area. The guy really didn't know much, but he did say that shortly after the new year, they're being asked to begin wearing their Spectrum logo shirts and nametags, vs. their current Time Warner Cable stuff.

So, take that for what it's worth. It does sort of mesh with what I was hearing, that we should begin seeing something Q1 2017.

My tuning adapter on my TiVo stopped responding today, so I rebooted it. When it came back, the channel map that Spectrum (Time Warner Cable) is currently sending to it includes an epic amount of new HD channels. Now, keep in mind that none of these appear to actually be active at this time - they're only in the channel map, not actually live channels.

1105 - Teen Nick HD
1108 - Sprout HD
1110 - Disney Jr HD
1137 - AHC HD
1176 - HSN HD
1179 - QVC Plus HD
1210 - Ovation HD
1218 - WGN America HD
1226 - FamilyNet HD
1227 - Logo HD
1229 - RFD HD
1230 - POP HD
1251 - MTV2 HD
1255 - GAC HD
1256 - Centric HD
1257 - UP HD
1266 - AXS HD
1275 - REELZ HD
1279 - FXM HD
1285 - HDNet
1287 - Indieplex
1288 - Retroplex HD
1314 - SPECSHD (not sure what this is)
1315 - TVG HD
1328 - Fox Sports 2
1334 - Big 10 2 HD
1345 - Pac 12 HD
1356 - Bloomberg HD
1359 - CSPAN HD
1360 - CSPAN 2 HD
1361 - CSPAN 3 HD
1362 - BBC World HD
1385 - EWTN HD
1387 - INSP HD
1389 - Daystar HD
1393 - Pac 12 LA HD
1394 - Pac 12 AZ HD
1395 - Pac 12 WA HD
1396 - Pac 12 OR HD
1397 - Pac 12 Mountain HD
1398 - Pac 12 Bay Area HD
1608 - HBO Zone HD
1609 - HBO Latino HD
1625 - ThrillerMAX HD
1626 - OuterMAX HD
1627 - MAXLatino HD
1628 - 5StarMAX HD
1629 - MovieMAX HD
1646 - Showtime Beyond HD
1647 - ShoNEXT HD
1648 - ShoWOMEN HD
1663 - The Movie Channel Xtra HD
1706 - Playboy TV HD

Assuming your location field is correct, Waukesha County has been doing monthly electronics recycling events (in lieu of accepting them at the recycling centers as they used to do).

The dates for these events are listed on the Waukesha County Recycles page:
https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/RSW/

In fact, according to that page, there's an event in Oconomowoc on December 10 at 630 S. Worthington St.

There's a $20 fee for each TV recycled (any size). (I assume they mean specifically CRT TVs, although it doesn't say that.) Looks like it goes up to $25 next year.

Oh, and any Waukesha County resident can drop stuff off at any of the events; they don't need to wait for one in their community.

I'm not surprised that the speed increases are on hold. Frankly, I wasn't holding my breath on that happening immediately after the digital cutover, which was really all that was formally announced.

I personally expect them to hold everything (other than the digital cutover) for the rollout of the Spectrum branding and service levels in this areas. Hopefully, it won't be too terribly long.

I'd be game, but I think my condo association would have a bit of an issue with that being installed onto the roof.

I'll just have to wait for Charter, I guess.

Quote from: Jack 1000;60255Do you think the City of Brookfield will be a part of this speed boost due to Milwaukee and Waukesha getting the Internet upgrade?

Jack

I would expect this to affect most if not all of the footprint in SE Wisconsin. I've seen new aerial fiber being pulled along Barker Rd. in the town of Brookfield, and I'm pretty certain it's Time Warner Cable's.

Quote from: Ralph Kramden;60248I currently have Earthlink broadband internet. How will this affect me?

I found this page that answers that:

QuoteWill EarthLink customers see speed increases too?

Yes. If you are an EarthLink Internet customer, your speed will increase up to five times faster. Your EarthLink Broadband plan will become EarthLink Extreme with speed up to 50x5 Mbps (download x upload speed). Your EarthLink Cable Max plan will become EarthLink Ultimate with speed up to 100x10 Mbps (download x upload speed).

Quote from: Bebop;60244This forum is having a long sunset. : It is probably my last post here. It has been fun.



http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Maxx-Upgrades-Come-to-Wisconsin-136924

The date I'm hearing is June 21st.

"Spectrum," not "Maxx," now that we're about to become Charter. This according to a Charter spokesperson in Albany:

Quote"As we go all digital market by market, we will launch the Spectrum brand product, pricing and packaging, and Charter will also launch Spectrum in those markets in which (Time Warner has) already gone all digital," [Charter spokesman Justin] Venech said. "We will be communicating directly with customers, letting them know when they will start seeing the Spectrum brand. In addition, when our Spectrum packages launch, if a customer likes the package they are currently in, they will be able to stay in that package."

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Goodbye-Time-Warner-Cable-as-Charter-enters-the-7466821.php

In any case, June 21 is the goal for the digital cutover. From what I'm hearing from Time Warner people, they may not be complete with their work by that point, and probably won't have the internal changes ready that are needed to support Maxx/Spectrum.

Quote from: PaulKTF;60240The "shot clock" has been stopped.

The shot clock hasn't been stopped. It continues to run past it's 180-day informal timeline. Currently, the clock reads day 185.