<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hypothesis: The programming on DTAs and STBs are Comcast's new way of gating access to various tiers.<br><br>Preventing changes unless all of the STBs are online is their way of making sure that all of the ones in a household have the same programming.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "JS Boyd" <mythtv@futures.com><br>To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 5:35:05 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<br>Subject: [mythtv-users] WARNING: Do NOT ORDER COMCAST DTAs IF...<br><br>you need to make any other change to your Comcast account.<br><br>A DTA order locks your comcast account, so if you change any portion of <br>your service in any way. Those changes will not be allowed by Comcast <br>UNTIL YOU ACTIVATE THE DTAs. Which you may not even have!!!!<br><br>Comcast is about the dumbest customer hostile company I've ever seen!<br><br>I tried to add a service that would increase our bill, but NO. They <br>won't do it until ALL DTAs which we don't have yet are activated.<br><br>And there is no way to fix this according to anyone who answers a phone <br>at Comcast.<br><br>You have been warned.<br>-- <br>==<br>Ubuntu Feisty 7.04<br>MythTV 0.21-fixes 20018M+VDPAU+HDPVR_patches<br>AMD 64 x2 4200+ 65W Energy Efficient Processor<br>Abit NF-N2 nView Motherboard<br>NVidia 9500GT (VDPAU) fanless 1GB PCIe x16 videocard<br>PVR-500 (Phillips Chipset)<br> IVTV 0.10.4<br>HDHomerun /sys/version 20071120<br>Moto DCH3416 Cablebox + HDPVR & Firewire<br>4GB RAM<br>2- 500GB Seagate SATA: ST3500641AS Rev 3.AA<br>1- 1.5TB Seagate SATA: ST31500341AS Rev SD1B<br>SONY DVD RW AW-G170A<br> <br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br></div></body></html>