Back in April, I noted: > > > Supposedly since the first of this year, Service Electric-Allentown, > without raising the applicable rate, jacked up the number of channels -- > some of whom HD -- available through their lowest level of service (which > dad has). > > They've added basically every digital sidechannel the Allentown and Philly > stations have, plus those full-time locally-based-but-not-SE-owned cable > channels that got moved to digital locations years ago... without the HDs > it doubles the number available on what's left of analog service... > > AFAICT there wasn't any move on the Feds' part to require these channels' > availability (I'll bet they deny it if I ask 'em)... > > Still, the company requires a (free) low-end digital remote/box to see > just about every channel I don't now pick up with our otherwise unused > VCR... there's a 55% chance dad will b!tch should I just call SE to request > it, free however it may be, 'cause it runs on "110", of course... > > (I'm just covering for the fact that I could be stuck with dad, who won't > get better or worse, for a protracted time...) > > What I didn't notice when I posted this, was that back on "full" basic, SE added (at a significant savings) *all* of what used to be the second digital tier (the only channel that might have interested some of the folks here is Boomerang, unless they're into the videos that MTV can't/won't show anymore, and/or those mostly-college sports nets)... how many channels does *your* full-basic have? We've got north of 200 in the land of the IronPigs...
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