[opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:20:19 -0500
At 2:53 PM -0500 11/28/06, Tom Barry wrote:
Hey, I'll be moving to Gainesville next week (probably offline a
bit) for my new job. Hopefully HD reception there is not so bad as
all that but I'll at least be able to compare with Jax & Detroit.
I'm going to be on the North side of town (Northwood Oaks) so maybe
I'll even be able to get some Jacksonville stations if I put up a
decent outside antenna.
And Craig, hi neighbor. ;-) Is it worth getting Cox cable just for
broadband, limited basic. Or are better options available?
Cool!
I had been thinking about coming up to Jax to visit, but now we can
get together here. I used to live in Nortwood Pines, which is next to
Northwood Oaks.
Heres the "picture."
You will be located less than a mile (east) from the DTT transmitter
for PBS. I think it is on a VHF channel. It seems to come it fine on
rabbit ears all around town. Cox cable and Channel 20 are right next
door, but the channel 20 transmitter and their UHF DTT transmitter
are located about 10-12 miles SW of your new home. There should be no
problem with this station either. I think the CBS DTT transmitter is
located near Newberry, which is about 15 miles WSW. All of these DTT
stations are carried by Cox. The FOX transmitters are south near
Ocala (20-25 miles.)
The DTT service is NOT carried by Cox and I have no idea what the
reception characteristics will be.
Cox offers several levels of cable modem service here in Gainseville.
I think you can even pay for a static IP address if you want to run a
server. The Cox service runs from about 1 Mbps up to 3-5 Mbps. You
should also be in an areas served by a Belsouth riser that will let
you get DSL service at about 1 Mbps. The Cox basic tier is about 21
channels, which includes two shopping channels, two CPSAN channels
and a bunch of broadcasters from Gainesville, Orlando and
Jacksonville, TBS and WGN.
To get HD service you will need to subscribe to the digital tier - it
will cost about $60/mo. with an HD PVR.
let me know when you get into town and we'll get together.
Regards
Craig
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