[CATV] RCN to Encrypt Basic Cable, Boxes Needed on ALL TVs even
Last fall, the FCC gave cable companies an early Christmas present: when their systems become all digital, they can encrypt/scramble even basic or limited basic cable channels. This means that EVERY TV...
View Article[DVR] Tivo Preview cant play recorded shows
So last night I was up really late (after 2am) and went to play a recorded show from my preview unit thats connected via moca bridge and it was not able to play ANY recorded shows. I could see the...
View Article[Phone] Questions regarding Service -Bethlehem, PA
If you are switching from another company and looking to add phone service with RCN, do you do that solely through RCN? Does RCN handle the porting of the number and cancel your existing service? Or do...
View Article[CATV] Boston Basic Channels Encrypted Today - 4/10/13
As promised, RCN encrypted all local basic channels today (April 10th). Blank screens seen everywhere in and around Boston (and other metro areas where RCN scrambled all formerly in-the-clear...
View Article[Equipment] Move Cablecard From Tivo To HD Homerun Prime
Good afternoon, I am about to receive a SiliconDust HD Homerun Prime via Amazon today and have a few questions regarding connectivity. I currently have a Tivo Premier box supplied via RCN with a...
View Article[Connectivity] SB6141 errors in logs. sw upgrade-Astoria, NY
This is a new modem just purchased from best buy retail. The problem is when you check the logs it shows that some type of file needed to get upgraded and it failed. Tried resetting a few times but...
View Article[Connectivity] [Chicago] Reproducible packet loss
Encoded Mac: 5cb2a1461321017e614473241403726eca3402bc Hello, For the last month or so I've been experiencing packet loss on my cable modem during certain activities. I've narrowed it down to times that...
View Article[CATV] Broadcast flag on Glee - Montgomery County, MD.
I normally record Glee on a bedroom TiVo and transfer it to the living room TiVo, however, I noticed yesterday morning that the 04/11/2012 episode of Glee, "Shooting Star", has a broadcast flag...
View ArticleMoving to Rogers Park
Ok, I'll be moving to Rogers Park next month, and I'm moving into a 120 year old house. I'll have the upstairs (basically top floor has kitchen, 2 bath, 4 BR, living room, etc). but the downstairs...
View Article[CATV][DC]single channel missing in 1 of 3 - Silver Spg, MD
Here's a weird issue I'm experiencing today. One of my 3 cable boxes (one SD, two HD) has suddenly lost the ability to watch WTTG (Fox 5), the DC Fox affiliate. This message shows up on both the SD and...
View Article[New York] CableCard SiliconDust HDhomeRun Prime
I have a CableCard provided by RCN. I also have a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime triple tuner CableCard reciever and a Hauppauge WinTV-DCR-2650 dual tuner CableCard receiver. Neither of them work with the...
View ArticleDC WTTG 605 - Protected-Copyonce
Why is 605 in DC area being set at Protected Copy-once. I assume this happened when RCN implemented encryption on all channels. I hope this is a mistake. Anybody?
View Article[TiVo] Actiontec ECB2500C/POE Filter
Greetings, We recently had the TiVo Whole Home DVR bundle installed, including an Actiontec ECB2500C MoCA bridge. Our TiVos seems to be able to detect, but not connect, to about 20 other TiVo set top...
View Article[Speed] [Boston] Terrible speeds in Somerville tonight
Anyone else having issues? On a series of speed tests, have averaged 1Mbit down. Even Google searches are dreadfully laggy. Encoded MAC is c8e29fb82e6636249e3e619bdcf2987a5d77bb62 ; have rebooted modem...
View Article[Speed] downlad speeds (whitehall, pa)
I have 20mbps internet through RCN and have been on the phone with them because i consistently run between a .9 and 1 mbps download, whether testing on speedtest.net or the rcn speedtest site. They are...
View Article[TiVo] Re-arranging order for Favorite Channels
I would like to re-arrange the order that the TIVO channel changing button scrolls through the channels. Although I can see some people wanting to do this for a few reasons, I have one motivation in...
View Article[CATV] [DC] TWC HD Channel 655 No Sound
I'm not getting any audio on either of my TiVos for this channel. Anyone else?
View Article[Speed] SB6141 + 50/6 = Slow Speeds in Elmhurst, NY ???
Here's my encoded mac: b606c586313cea8b3328ae44d55accdd7b1f2832 As I've posted before many times, my speed is currently down the tubes. I'm subscribed to the 50/6 package (internet only). During the...
View Article[Speed] [CHICAGO] Speed / modem issues?
Anyone else in Chicago noticing frequent speed drops until they reboot their modem? I have the 25megabit speed, and for a few hours I'll get the full speed, and then for hours at a time under...
View Article[Speed] [Chicago - Lakeview] Slow speed in late evening
Hi all, Encoded Mac: 3130d5c39b2eaad6ed6907fddd30949bf3e52556 I've recently noticed that during the evening hours speeds have decreased considerably. I've got 25Mbps service, but at times can barely...
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