OT-Comcast problems tonight?

Submitted by white_pony_rocks on

my cable has been fucking up the last 30 min or so, the picture and sound just stops for a few seconds and then the picture pixelates and then comes back.  I checked multiple stations and they are all doing it.  I cant get through to comcast due to heavier than normal customer calls, which is weird for 10 pm on a thursday.  has anybody else having this problem in AA right now?

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pinkfloyd2000

September 1st, 2011 at 11:38 PM ^

If so, yeah, it's not only relegated to Comcast. Time Warner here does that all the time. From time to time, a channel will just completely "freeze" -- and I mean for hours on end -- while other channels work just fine. It's very strange.

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AlwaysBlue

September 1st, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^

I used to experience that fairly regularly with Comcast HD but over the last year it hasn't happened at all.  I am, however, experiencing the black out, pixelating thing tonight.  Watching faces pixelate though gives me a chance to commune with the 60s drug culture that I missed.

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bluebyyou

September 2nd, 2011 at 4:57 AM ^

I was watching DirecTV, the Wiscy creampuff game, and had both video and audio issues for a while. Perhaps it was the feed.  DirecTv is pretty good, but a lot can go on between the field, blasting a signal to a satellite way up there in fixed orbit and back to my dish.  For the most part, no major complaints.

Time Warner, my Internet provider, on the other hand, really sucks.

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