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The cable company has confused me
Jan. 14th, 2004 01:05 pmThis morning all the channels had changed. BBC America is no longer 105, but instead channel 149 or something. Fortunately my 'favorites' were not keyed to the channel number, so those still work at least.
And lots of other channels changed, too, and they added new ones, but if you want to opt out of half of the new package (i.e. keep the BBC/Lifestyle channels and dump the stupid ESPN crap), you were not allowed to do so BEFORE they implemented it. They told me to call back in February AFTER they implemented it, i.e. so I would be forced to pay one month's worth of the extra charges.
Asshats.
Also, their new Sorting Algorithm sucks ass, and not in a good way.
Now, if you want to see a list of programs sorted by Genre or Title, it takes SO SO SO SO SO SO long to sort, and if you get tired of waiting and hit 'Exit', nothing happens. ARGH! It used to be so much better. Now it seems as if they re-read their DB every single time, instead of, god forbid, caching anything. Oh. My. God.
You used to be able to click 'Guide' and then go to 'Buffy' and then hit 'Guide' again twice, QUICKLY, and see a list of all the Buffy episodes showing during the next several days, what channel and time they are on, etc. Now, it takes so long that you could run down to the corner store, buy TV Guide, come back, and have the info. the old-fashioned way, and the stupid thing would still just say "Sorting ..." OK, maybe it isn't really quite that bad, but dude, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. They just made it worse.
And lots of other channels changed, too, and they added new ones, but if you want to opt out of half of the new package (i.e. keep the BBC/Lifestyle channels and dump the stupid ESPN crap), you were not allowed to do so BEFORE they implemented it. They told me to call back in February AFTER they implemented it, i.e. so I would be forced to pay one month's worth of the extra charges.
Asshats.
Also, their new Sorting Algorithm sucks ass, and not in a good way.
Now, if you want to see a list of programs sorted by Genre or Title, it takes SO SO SO SO SO SO long to sort, and if you get tired of waiting and hit 'Exit', nothing happens. ARGH! It used to be so much better. Now it seems as if they re-read their DB every single time, instead of, god forbid, caching anything. Oh. My. God.
You used to be able to click 'Guide' and then go to 'Buffy' and then hit 'Guide' again twice, QUICKLY, and see a list of all the Buffy episodes showing during the next several days, what channel and time they are on, etc. Now, it takes so long that you could run down to the corner store, buy TV Guide, come back, and have the info. the old-fashioned way, and the stupid thing would still just say "Sorting ..." OK, maybe it isn't really quite that bad, but dude, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. They just made it worse.
