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Comcast forced subsribers to watch trashing of Rep. Wilson this afternoon in Western Washington
Vanity | 09-15-2009 | Fireman15

Posted on 09/15/2009 8:47:26 PM PDT by fireman15

This afternoon our Comcast digital cable box switched to C-span by itself while Democrats were trashing Rep. Wilson. The box would not allow us to watch any other station for approximately 15 minutes. When I called to complain Comcast technical support said that they were performing a "test of the emergency broadcast system" that switched all digital boxes in Western Washington to C-span and would not allow subscribers to watch anything else. They said that the programming taking place on C-span was merely a coincidence.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: censure; comcast; cspan; liar; liberalmedia; wilson
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1 posted on 09/15/2009 8:47:27 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15
Comcast sucks. It always has.
2 posted on 09/15/2009 8:50:23 PM PDT by allmost
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I noticed the same thing. Right after the Amber Alert the chanel switched to Cspan and was frozen there. I thought my Remote was broken.
3 posted on 09/15/2009 8:51:55 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: allmost

After subcribers learned that Comcast throttles pc downloads, a huge number of their web customers left. Comcats blows.


4 posted on 09/15/2009 8:54:28 PM PDT by max americana (i)
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To: fireman15

Don’t tell 0 they can do this - Big Brother here they come!


5 posted on 09/15/2009 8:58:27 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: fireman15

When Cox runs it’s “Monthly test’, they just kill the sound on all channels & run a crawl to explain the silence.


6 posted on 09/15/2009 9:00:44 PM PDT by PizzaDriver ( on)
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To: fireman15

They do that all the time. Whether it be a storm warning or a missing child report and test of the emergency broadcast system. Sometimes I get so sick of it I just have to unplug may cable and hook up my antenae and DTV converter and just watch regular tv. Atleast you won’t get those warnings then. Its irritating when it happens when your watching a show or a football game on the weekend.


7 posted on 09/15/2009 9:01:18 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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“Forced”? Your TV has no on/off switch?


8 posted on 09/15/2009 9:02:27 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: the anti-liberal

My suspicion was and still is that this was not a complete coincidence. I called up to cancel and had my monthly bill lowered to a promotional rate for the next six months.


9 posted on 09/15/2009 9:03:07 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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I wonder if...THEY LIE?


10 posted on 09/15/2009 9:03:55 PM PDT by SandWMan ( A riot ist an ugly sing, und, I sink it's about time zat ve had vone!)
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To: bigbob

stop it. no logic allowed.


11 posted on 09/15/2009 9:05:03 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: fireman15

Wouldn’t it be a “coincidence” if all subscribers did an “emergency test” of their checkbooks and didn’t pay their bills this month?


12 posted on 09/15/2009 9:05:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
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13 posted on 09/15/2009 9:13:54 PM PDT by stormer
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“Forced”? Your TV has no on/off switch?

LOL, At first I thought there was just something wrong with the box or remote. So look Mr. perfect; I cut up and then split by hand over a cord of firewood today, what did you do? The reward I got when I came back in the house was my wife being irate about having to watch C-span while she waited for some show that she enjoys to come back on. I then had to place myself between the TV and her to prevent damage to the screen from the objects she was throwing. Thank goodness I was able to wrestle the AK out of her hands.

14 posted on 09/15/2009 9:15:31 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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Did Comcast also lock out the power button on your TV remote?


15 posted on 09/15/2009 9:17:29 PM PDT by TheBattman (Pray for our country...)
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To: bigbob
After us hearing that those who do not get mandatory health would be fined, and after the last few months of seeing how the Communist are taking over everything, I would not be surprised that viewing their propaganda would be made mandatory... and if you don't watch it, you will be fined.
16 posted on 09/15/2009 9:20:15 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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It seems like I just covered that. I placed my life in jeopardy trying to save the TV from the wrath of my beloved bride.


17 posted on 09/15/2009 9:21:51 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: bigbob

they paid for it


18 posted on 09/15/2009 9:24:53 PM PDT by allmost
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To: fireman15
When I called to complain Comcast technical support said that they were performing a "test of the emergency broadcast system" that switched all digital boxes in Western Washington to C-span and would not allow subscribers to watch anything else.

Wow. I've heard bad things about Comcast, but this takes the cake. We have Cox Communications cable and have been generally happy with thait.

However, on the day that Sarah Palin gave the speech in her backyard announcing she was stepping down as Alaska governor, we missed part of her speech because Cox suddenly had to test the emergency broadcast system. This was in the middle of the day here in Connecticut. On our system Cox does its EBS tests 99% of the time between 1-2am (I'm often up and I see them).

Hmmmm.....

19 posted on 09/15/2009 9:26:13 PM PDT by nutmeg (Obamunism is destroying America)
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To: fireman15
The screens alright?
:)
20 posted on 09/15/2009 9:26:36 PM PDT by allmost
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