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St. Maarten Cable TV’s Digital Launch Schedule.

Friday, 27 January 2012 19:05
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Philipsburg:--- St. Maarten Cable TV reminds its subscribers that effective February 1st, 2012, everyone is required to switch to a Motorola digital box to continue receiving service. It is necessary that subscribers visit the primary Business Office at Madame Estate to exchange their analog box in order to continue receiving service.
To provide all customers the opportunity to gradually transition to the digital platform and to accommodate the change to the new digital platform, St. Maarten Cable TV will simulcast the analog channels until May 1, 2012. Thereafter, the Company will cease transmission of the analog channels and the Pioneer converters will no longer receive the signal.
Subscribers in the areas listed below should come in during the periods mentioned to swap their analog cable box for a digital box. Customers must also bring their remote(s), coupon book and a valid ID. Those subscribers that have a shield on the cable box or not able to remove their cable box should call the customer service department at 542-4361 for further instructions.

Area #1: February 1, 2012 to February 13, 2012
  • Madame Estate/Fort William
  • Sucker Garden, Upper & Lower
Area #2: February 14, 2012 to February 24, 2012
  • Philipsburg / Fort William
  • Guano Bay / Hope estate

Area #3: February 27, 2012 to March 9, 2012

  • Dawn Beach / Oyster Pond / Red Pond
  • Defiance / Middle Region

 

Area #4: March 1, 2012 to March 13, 2012

  • Pelican
  • Simpson Bay

Area #5: March 12, 2012 to March 22, 2012

  • Belvedere / Rice Hill
  • Dutch Quarter / Union Farm

Area #6: March 14, 2012 to March 23, 2012

  • Airport Road
  • Beacon Hill

Area #7: March 23, 2012 to April 4, 2012

  • Illidge Road / Bush Road / Cul De Sac
  • Betty's Estate / Saunders / Mary's Fancy

Area #8: March 26, 2012 to April 5, 2012

  • Cole Bay
  • Cay Bay

Area #9: April 5, 2012 to April 17, 2012

  • Cay Hill / Belair
  • Ebenezer / St. Peters / South Reward / L.B. Scott Road

Area #10: April 10, 2012 to April 20, 2012

  • Maho / Pointe Pirouette
  • Low Lands

Area #11: April 18, 2012 to April 30, 2012

  • Pointe Blanche

Customers are also encouraged to call the office at 542-4361 or contact the office online at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to gather all the pertinent information prior to visiting the Business Office. St. Maarten Cable TV's Customer Service Representatives will gladly provide the requisite information needed to accelerate the process. Information about the swap process will also be included on St. Maarten Cable TV's website at www.innovativevi.net/sxmcable.

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January, 28, 2012, 13:03
72.252.9.55
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THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL:
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

DOES THIS MEAN WE WON'T GET NO TV AT ALL UNTIL WE GET THE NEW BOX BY THE DATES BELOW?

I SWEAR THESE PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF " SERVICE"

IT IS SO THAT EVERYBODY GOT "MONOPOLY"
TAKE IT OR GO SCREW YOURSELF.

GEBE CALL 54 43100 NO ANSWER WHEN LIGHTS OUT
TELEM CALL "ALL KIND OF NUMBER" NO ANSWER
CABLE TV.TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

IT IS SO SAD, THAT ST.MAARTEN WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT SERVICE IS.

WHY COULD THEY NOT PUT THESE BOXES IN EACH AREA.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT..........

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January, 30, 2012, 08:28
72.252.10.84
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i AGREE WITH ABOVE PERSON. bESIDES, WHEN YOU CARRY YOUR OLD BOX IN THEY ARE ALSO CHARGING ADDITIONAL EACH MONTH FOR THE NEW BOX YOU WILL BE RECEIVING.

NOW, DID WE ASK THEM TO GO DIGITAL?????
IF THEY WANT TO SWITCH THEY SHOULD DO THAT AT THEIR INCONVENIENCE AND NOT THE CUSTOMER.

MEANING THEY HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CLIENTS AND GO TO THEIR HOUSE TO CHANGE THE BOX FOR THEM AND DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA FOR THE NEW BOXES.

IT WILL TAKE LESS THEN 10 MINUTES TO CHANGE ONE BOX FOR THE NEXT WHILE IT WILL TAKE THE CLIENT MORE THAN HALF A DAY TO DO SO. (TRAFIC, WAITING IN LINE, WAITING FOR SERVICE, FINDING PARKING ETC. ETC.)

iTT WILL BE BETTER TO SWITCH TO SATELITE.
YES, IT COST A LITTLE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT EVENTUALLY IT PAYS OFF.

U GET 300 PLUS CHANNELS AND THEY DO NOT HARRAS YOU BY CHANGING THEIR CHANNELS EVERY MOMENT TO SOME OTHER CHANNELS. AND THE PAY IS MONTHLY BASICALLY THE SAME.



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January, 30, 2012, 10:20
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Hahahaha . SXM CABLE TV LEARNING THE ROPES BWOY.
Charge the customer for everything.....

Thats like where I am now....DIGITAL CABLE is the min standard. but if you want HD you gotta buy the HD box and pay extra $15 per month for that privilige- what a farking rip...and get this.. out of about 90 channels ONLY about 8-10 of them transmit in HD ALL the time----the rest do not - so where is the bloody incentive to get the HD box (ohhh because it can act like a TIVO and record? s**t I do that with my LINUX box right now - dont need their crap..

SXM TV so far behind - yawl should just scrap them and get DISH NETWORK feed or something. I had that from Minders years ago - had over 300 channels and it was WAY WAY cheaper per month than crap cable.

If they gonna go digital at their own accord you the customer should not be made to pay for the upgrade......I mean they could have at least feel yuh up a bit - n offer you some "candy" for the ask of more money - like for example providing digital bundled with say PHONE SERVICE...and INTERNET - or MULTIBOX at same residence - or some sort of i-CABLE provision where you can watch from your laptop or mobile as a bonus....
But to charge you more just so you cover their upgrade cost---WOOT WOOT - sounds like the GEBE model all over again..

WE GOT THE MONOPOLY - WHAT YOU GONNA DO (Although cable doesnt - do they - what happened to them other guys from OBERSI who started wireless cable....they still around)

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