By Bas Noij (BonaireTalker - Post #79) on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 2:08 pm: |
Like many others I am getting quite fed up with Flamingo TV and the constant loss of channels. Right now we have lost 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42 and 44.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6096) on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 2:42 pm: |
That was a real bummer last night as I expected to watch Desperate Housewives which I had recorded on my DVR, and found only a black screen. Have to go watch it on the Slingbox from New Hampshire now instead.
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By Jerry (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4978) on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 3:06 pm: |
Sounds like they are not making the payments on time?
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #622) on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 5:59 pm: |
Its not only the tv channels, quite some hours now that the wireless internet connection is not working .... we have as back-up Telbo, but that is rather often a problem too . The last 2 months we worked more with Flamingo than with Telbo.
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By brian mccarley (BonaireTalker - Post #51) on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 - 11:30 am: |
I think it's more along the lines of Flamingo losing loosing the intercept when the providers change the access specs.
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By Ann Johnson, Massage Hut-Sorobon Beach (BonaireTalker - Post #34) on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 - 11:07 am: |
I noticed last night that NBC is now an Atlanta station????? Also, no ABC last night. So sad!
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By brian mccarley (BonaireTalker - Post #52) on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 - 3:50 pm: |
I think that supports the theory that Flamingo is pirating feeds..
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By Ann Phelan - www.bonairecaribbean.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2689) on Thursday, May 3, 2007 - 10:59 am: |
So we are paying pirates?? Is that what you suggest Brian..if so, great..just great..and the product stinks..
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By brian mccarley (BonaireTalker - Post #53) on Thursday, May 3, 2007 - 8:19 pm: |
Now they just lost TBS.
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By pat murphy (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1195) on Monday, May 7, 2007 - 2:39 pm: |
a few years ago all they had were NYC channels...that got old....remember the big blackout in the easter US in 2003? if you watched the TV you'd never have found out that more than just NYC was affected.
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By Kevin Wayne Williams (The Great Escape) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #367) on Monday, May 7, 2007 - 10:48 pm: |
I do have to wonder how they carry the US/Canada version of many cable networks when UTS, their rival, carries a special Latin American version. Brian's theory would explain it.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6108) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 8:36 am: |
Technically, U.S. channels are not supposed to be viewed outside the U.S. for copyright and licensing reasons.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2587) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 8:44 am: |
While I am not jumping to the defense of FTV, it is amazing how many folks "know" so much about their business. I also find it a pain to have these outages, but I can remember when we did not have any cable at all. I know it bothers FTV as much as it does their clients to have problems, but one thing it has taken me 22 years to learn here is have patience. Nafl 65 is still a bargain!!
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By Kevin Wayne Williams (The Great Escape) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #369) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 9:01 am: |
The Latin American versions usually aren't as bad as all that, Jake. The commercials are in Spanish, but the programming is still in English (except for Cartoon Network, which mixes them). The only one that bugs me is TNT LA, because they show all of their original programming (Closer, Battlestar Galactica) in a block on Saturday afternoons. Who watches TV on Saturday afternoon?
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By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6109) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 9:52 am: |
Another frustration for me of the L.A. channels is that they don't always have the same schedule as the U.S. channels, which renders my PC DVR automated guide (which I have had to heavily tweak for FTV) useless, as no U.S. zip codes carry those channels, so I can't fake the DVR out.
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By brian mccarley (BonaireTalker - Post #54) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 2:50 pm: |
Well shucks, Jake. No wonder ol' Riccardo got so bent out of shape when I suggested he could unscramble the signals.
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By Kevin Wayne Williams (The Great Escape) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #370) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 4:00 pm: |
Brian,
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By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6113) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 6:09 pm: |
Kevin,
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