In the city of Boston, Massachusetts, where there is no outside cable or internet competition to speak of (no fios) for Comcast, I am sure it would be in Comcast's best interest to have yet another package to sell its customers suffering under their monopoly. Luckily in the City of Boston, we receive Fox Soccer Channel and GOLtv. However, these channels are broadcast by Comcast in a definition that would have represented a quality signal in, say, 1980. I call it Twentieth Century Def. I have not purchased the package that includes these two stations, but if I were a Comcast executive trying to view these channels as they are broadcasted, I would be sorely embarrassed. Not only would I be embarrassed, I would also have a terrible headache and eyestrain from viewing such a poor quality feed (think slightly better than those old Atari video games). Secondly, I would be embarrassed that a company which advertises itself as a leader in technology cannot produce a signal for their customers that is no better that what we got in the 80s. Furthermore, I would be embarrassed that a market - as I mentioned earlier, a market with virtually zero competition - that is so entirely diverse, with large groups of people from all over the world, receives a signal quality equal to that of some places from whence they came (Honduras, El Salvador, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Vietnam, just to name a few).
Reading this thread, it's obvious that there is demand. Further reading uncovers this murky decision making process comcast seems to use: this community is ready for an "upgrade"; that town can enjoy our benevolence now; we have a lot on our plate and will make that decision in a few years time. If we want to waste our life away in front of the television why won't Comcast facilitate this by just piping in what we want to see and they are dangling just above our heads? The whole spectacle is embarrassing, considering we are just asking for two lousy channels that some comcast customers get and others don't....
How about this, respond to this post with a specific date concerning when the City of Boston will get their GOLtv HD and Fox Soccer HD. If there is no specific date, don't bother responding, we can take the hint.
