Nat Geo Wild Not Authorized For Streaming Astound Doesn't Fix It
Any reason RCN keeps blowing me off when it comes to Nat Geo Wild not being authorized for streaming even though its an ABC channel that is part of my (and most everyone's) Cable package and should be...
View ArticleQAM Cable TV ABC 200 issue. Naperville, IL
Mom is still using a very old QAM Cisco Cable TV box and yesterday we lost HD channel 200 ABC. I was wondering if others have this issue? The other channels seem to be working ok. I'm trying to figure...
View ArticleNew IPs/Subnet being assigned; Wrong geolocation
I am an Astound customer in eastern PA. For years we had IPs consistently out of the same range (something like 214.x.x.x...I don't remember exactly but it was some form of a "2XX" address space)....
View Articleneedsome idea from all
hi name is ray toth im hiding my router ip i did a tracert to yahoo here what got what is 4 and 5 of it timeing out? any ideas in desplaines il usa Tracing route to yahoo.com [74.6.143.26] over a...
View ArticleNeed Help With RCN Email Address
Hello, I am a freelance tech consultant and I have a customer who has current RCN service but she gave up her RCN email years ago and now needs it to be re-created again so she can change the password...
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View ArticleNat Geo Wild Not Authorized For Streaming Astound Doesn't Fix It
Any reason RCN keeps blowing me off when it comes to Nat Geo Wild not being authorized for streaming even though its an ABC channel that is part of my (and most everyone's) Cable package and should be...
View ArticleSB8200 running on Astound supplied firmware.
It's wonderful that the software that Astound is using on my cable modem is listed in the federal government's National vulnerability database. it gives me the warm and fuzzies....;)p...
View ArticleWhat do we think the plan is long term?
So, Comcast is doing 85MHz return in residential areas to enable up to 300-400Mbps upstream.. AT&T is (slowly) expanding Fiber and Air service (in ericsson markets) can do more than 50Mbps upload...
View Article[Connectivity] 192.168.0.1 -- Connection Refused (Chicago suburbs)
Does Astound restrict access to the router config interface? I know in the past I was able to connect to the config interface of my Arris TG3452 cable router modem. I recently noticed I cannot do this...
View ArticleEmail Access in Europe
When in Austria, I can’t send or receive RCN email on my iPhone, though I can access the webmail site. Anyone else have this problem? If I delete and reinstall the account on my iPhone, it won’t verify...
View Article[Equipment] IPTV will not record anything - Chicago suburbs
RCN/Astound informed us several weeks ago that they were ending support for the cable cards in our beloved Tivos. Eventually, Astound sent us two IPTV EvoForce 1 boxes. Watching live TV works fine but...
View ArticleAnyone else getting new set-top boxes sent to them? Chicagoland
I recently got an e-mail from Astound that I'm going to receive a new set-top box in a few days because the one I have is no longer supported by the manufacturer. They claim they're going to send me...
View ArticleWhat does a cable modem being deleted mean?
My family has been RCN/Astound customers for like 30 years. I've just moved apartments and we cancelled my girlfriend's account and I signed up for a new one in my name because they were trying to...
View Article[Other] High Downstream Power Variance - Naperville / Chicago Suburbs
In the past several months, I've noticed that the Downstream Power variation across channels is much greater than the recommended 3 dBmV. Mine is 10.3 dBmV variance from lowest to highest. Also noticed...
View ArticleWhat do we think the plan is long term?
So, Comcast is doing 85MHz return in residential areas to enable up to 300-400Mbps upstream.. AT&T is (slowly) expanding Fiber and Air service (in ericsson markets) can do more than 50Mbps upload...
View ArticleFormer WOW! Customers Need to Unite
Astound refused to upgrade former WOW! customers internet to the minimum speed they offer EVERY other customer. We all pay more and get less. I have contacted the FCC about it. I'd suggest everyone...
View ArticleAnother bump in the Network Access and Maintenance fee
Up to almost $17 now in most markets as of 6/26/24 Texas specific https://www.astound.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Astound-RateCard-Texas-6.26.24.pdf
View ArticleIPTV DVR?
Astound can't even tell me how to use the DVR function for the new boxes they made me get. I've searched, etc. with no luck. Is it TIVO? Is it not? I want to know how to manually record something....
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