Digital breakup today in Boston area
philhu
Contributor - Level 2

It actually started last night, about 1am.  Certain channels, 2,4,504,617,618 and a few others seem to have digital breakup on both my tivos and both my cable boxes.

The Tivo has a signal strength meter and all channels show strength of 93-100 out of 100, so it is a strong signal.

I tried rebooting the stb and a tivo, problem came right back.

Anyone else in Boston seeing this?

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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
thekaps
Newbie

Seeing the problem here in Acton.

 

As of 11:20am they estimate it to be repaired by tomorrow morning.

 

Ouch.

 

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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
Vinnie40
Newbie

We are having the same issues in Stoneham as well.  It was affecting just about 1/2 the channels on my STB.  Hopefully, they get it corrected soon.

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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
Techman28
Master - Level 1
yes residents of MA and RI are experiencing this issue we started working on that last night there are Techs working on it right now
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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
philhu
Contributor - Level 2

I recall this happenning a few months ago, and when I was about to call, it cleared up.

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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
rjgcpa
Newbie
Had the same problem in Lynnfield. At first I thought it was the live broadcast of NESN (Red Sox game) on channel 76. However, I noticed it also occurred during commercials though not as frequently. While back had picture & video problems while watching Bruins on channel 90. Tech's came out but provided no solution. So much for state of the art!!! Hope Comcast hangs in there, they may get me back. Maybe we should share this info with the Comcast guy on the FIOS commercials.
Message Edited by rjgcpa on 06-18-2009 01:07 PM
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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
MA-VZ
Newbie

Here it is 20-June-09 (days later) and still the same problem.  Poor video quality only seems to be on the non-HD channel delivery.

I don't see (or notice) this as much on most channels, but it makes watching the Red Sox on NESN painful to the point where I've had to turn off the last three games.

Any ETA as to a fix?

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Re: Digital breakup today in Boston area
philhu
Contributor - Level 2

hi

My problem went away in 24 hours.

I think you need to call service for your location.

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MA-VZ
Newbie

Problem seemed to have cleared up by the 22nd for me.  All channels working, and I'm watching the sox on NESN again (finally).

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