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Where can I find old analogue cable converters? What happened to United Artist Cable?

Hi:

In April of '89, I rented a cable-converter-box from United Artist. It was obviously an analogue cable-converter as at that time, there were no digital equivalents. It had red LED display for the channels. I gave it back to United Artist Cable in August of '92.

Where can I find this box or something similar? I have the book that came with the cable box but it doesn't give the model-# or anything I could use to ID it?

Also, what happened to United Artist? I called up their phone number in August of '94, and their name was changed to "TCI Cable Vision". That phone number is no longer valid.

This cable box had the option of connected to channel 2 or 3 in the television. This was weird because usually the option is channel 3 or

4, as it was with the Nintendo Entertainment System I had at the time.

Currently, what is the name of the cable company who used to be United Artist?

Thanks in advance,

Radium

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Radium
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United

Well, this will get you caught up to March of 1999:

AT&T completes megamerger with TCI

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Allen Abel

AT&T has sold its cable/broadband subsidiary to Comcast. Everyone who used to be a TCI customer has become a Comcast customer if they haven't cancelled their cable subscription.

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Al in St. Lou
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Al in Dallas

Is United Video Cablevision still in your area?

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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Michael A. Terrell

Charter seems to be the only cable company around St. Louis now. When I lived in Dallas, the choices were Comcast and Time-Warner's Road Runner. Choices were made by the various city councils, not the consumers, natch.

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Al in St. Lou
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Al in Dallas

I was working for United Video's Cincinnati system when the St. Louis system was being built. The city passed a ban on ALL sat dishes, including those at CATV headends, and at radio & TV stations in an attempt to force everyone to use CATV. The city of St. Louis was divided up between seven CATV companies in the early '80s.

That is the 'franchise' process, which decides who gets to use their right of way to build and maintain the electric, phone and CATV services.

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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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Michael A. Terrell

Not all. I went thru -all- the St. Louis, MO cable vendors from 1984 to present. It was TCI until Charter took it over maybe 1998. It's been Charter since.

Puddin'

"Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens!" -Friedrich Schiller

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Puddin' Man

That didn't last long. After enough wheeling/dealing to land a few city fathers in jail and others in court, they settled on one vendor. There were lots of crazy-sounding clauses in the city contract, service was often horrible, etc. Later, TCI took it over: not much better.

If I hadda nickel for every unpublicized deal involving cable "franchises" ...

P

"Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens!" -Friedrich Schiller

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Puddin' Man

Well, the "new AT&T" is working on the state legislature to allow it to supply cable services throughout the state of Missouri without any permission needed from city or county levels. Of course, since that's the old SWB and their customer service has sucked for a decade, the current cable companies may have nothing to worry about.

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Al in St. Lou
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Al in Dallas

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