For 69,000 cable subscribers in the Greater Lafayette, Indiana area, December 31st will be the last day you tune into cable provided by
Insight Communications. As of January 1, 2008, Comcast will be taking over hordes of customers in the Lafayette-Attica-Kokomo markets and surrounding areas, but according to Comcast spokesman Mark Apple, there won't be any "immediate changes." It was noted that no price hikes would be throw in initially, but due to promises of extra HD programming and HD VOD, we can't imagine those bills staying flat for too long. Additionally, Comcast still hasn't
worked out a deal to carry the Big Ten Network, which will certainly present a problem considering the proximity of Purdue / Indiana. From the outside looking in, this takeover looks like a mixed bag, but if Comcast finally figures out a way to carry the Big Ten Network and offer up more HD options at a reasonable price, we suppose things would look quite a bit better.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Travis Kirby @ Dec 26th 2007 7:12PM
Its sad there won't be any immediate changes. I've recently switched to Dish Network only keeping locals and Internet with insight. I had so much trouble with Insight, pixilations, sound cutting out, channels not coming in, losing sound when fast forwarding through DVR requiring a power cycle of the box. I had 10 service calls and about 5 different cable boxes and nothing fixed the problems. All the Insight reps told me different reasons why it's doing what it was doing but none could fix the problem. I can only hope Comcast will do a better job.
Jasong26 @ Dec 27th 2007 12:04AM
Hey Travis,
Have you tried 'powering down, then powering up'?
I am most excited for Comcast to come in and make some new commercials-- it can be maxi-pads or laxatives, just stop telling me about the triple play!!!
Spiza @ Dec 26th 2007 8:13PM
Its more than just the area you are talking about. This has the whole story:
http://www.insight-com.com/documents/insight_04022007.pdf
The worst part of insight and now comcast is the really crappy dvr box they have that is a piece of shit. We also haven't gotten any upgrades in HD for the longest time since Insight knew this change was coming. Maybe that Tivo software can make a difference.
Also, Insight never carried the Big Ten network in the areas changing either, so no difference there. They did recently start carrying the Big Ten network, but not in the areas they were losing.