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Don Quixote
03-10-04, 11:55 AM
Denver Comcast digital cable:

Speed = 85
Spike = 44
ESPN = 34

Moving down 41 slots from Speed to Spike. I doubt if most people ever find Speed while channel surfing.
Axel
03-10-04, 12:00 PM
In Vancouver

55 speed
32 spike
xx espn

23 channel difference


But Directv spike is 325 :)
and Speed was 607

282 channel increase
Steve99
03-10-04, 12:04 PM
Cox Cable (these are all part of the standard package):

32 - ESPN
33 - ESPN2
44 - SpikeTV
60 - SPEED

I really don't think it makes much difference. If anything people have been ignoring SpikeTV for the last year or two, since they haven't had anything on worth watching. I had to look up the channel number for it.
chop456
03-10-04, 12:05 PM
DishNetwork

ESPN(S) 140-144
Speed - 150
Spike - 168
CART T. Katz
03-10-04, 12:06 PM
insight louisville
espn2 30
tnn 41
espn 44
speed (digital cable which we don't get)

so any difference in channels is a good one for me.
Wheel-Nut
03-10-04, 12:08 PM
TWC Houston - Digital -

Speed 114
ESPN 33
ESPN2 34
Spike 32
OLN 49
Fox 9
CBS 11
NBC 12
ABC 13
WickerBill
03-10-04, 12:12 PM
DirecTV:

Speed: 607
ESPN: 206-211
Spike: 325

Spike is in the middle of the "regular" channels, ESPN is at the beginning of the regular channels, and Speed is up there with some channels that require really high-end packages to get (although Speed comes with all packages). I never did understand Speed's crappy channel on D*.
Rob
03-10-04, 12:42 PM
Time Warner, Raleigh
ESPN 31
ESPN2 32
Spike 40
Speed 148
Hard Driver
03-10-04, 12:50 PM
Comcast Coatesville PA

Spike 29
ESPN 37
Speed 77
Accipiter
03-10-04, 12:54 PM
Vermont Adelphia Digital Cable:

10 ESPN
11 ESPN2
Spike 34
Speed 122
audi quattro
03-10-04, 01:02 PM
tsn 30
tnn 32
speed 48
Warlock!
03-10-04, 01:09 PM
DirecTV:

Speed: 607
ESPN: 206-211
Spike: 325

Spike is in the middle of the "regular" channels, ESPN is at the beginning of the regular channels, and Speed is up there with some channels that require really high-end packages to get (although Speed comes with all packages). I never did understand Speed's crappy channel on D*.
Another DiecTV guy here... I'm definitely encouraged by the fact that Spike seems to be located on a channel where there's a good chance a person may "stumble" upon a ChampCar race while surfing. That was literally impossible with DirecTV's placement of Speed.

Winter Warlock!
4wheeldrifter
03-10-04, 02:21 PM
Another DirectTV guy here. I'm glad that Champcar be on the same channel as Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. 325 will be my new center channel on the turbo-button list. :D
Sean O'Gorman
03-10-04, 03:02 PM
COX Cable:

25 ESPN
26 ESPN2
30 Spike TV
50 SPEED
Turn7
03-10-04, 03:06 PM
TWC Houston - Digital -

Speed 114
ESPN 33
ESPN2 34
Spike 32
OLN 49
Fox 9
CBS 11
NBC 12
ABC 13


In Houston not only does Speed require you to subscribe to a digital package but you have to add the Fox Sports option on top of the digital service.

Speed cost me an extra 8 bucks a month. $ 96 a year.... :eek:
rosawendel
03-10-04, 03:33 PM
adelphia cleveland (at least in my neighborhood on the east side) has spike tv, the channel for men, set square on channel 69.
Elmo T
03-10-04, 03:37 PM
Comcast - Doylestown PA

Fox 02
CBS 03
ESPN2 25
ESPN 36
Spike TV 38
Speed 69
Wheel-Nut
03-10-04, 03:42 PM
In Houston not only does Speed require you to subscribe to a digital package but you have to add the Fox Sports option on top of the digital service.

Speed cost me an extra 8 bucks a month. $ 96 a year.... :eek:


You're right. When we moved into our house 3 years ago I was worried that TWC would not carry Speed. The cable provider at the apartment we were in, Optel, had Speedvision in their basic package, non-digi.

Luckily TWC offered Speed when we moved in with one of the upgrade HBO packages. When I wanted OLN to watch the Tour de France they hit me with the $8 bucks a month extra. I thought I would just cancel OLN when the tour was over but not to be, OLN, Speed and others are part of the FOX upgrade. :flame: Just under $100 bucks a month for cable, not that any of this matters.
Ankf00
03-10-04, 03:52 PM
TWC-Austin

Spike - 69 ;)
ESPN,2,FoxSports - 52,53,54
Fox - 2
CBS - 5
Don't have digital so don't know where speed is, probably in the 100's

can't ever see myself spending more than 30-50 bucks a month for TV, if that...
right now it comes with rent, so *shrug*, we'll see if i can hold true to that come this summer :D
Andrew Longman
03-10-04, 03:53 PM
Service Electric (Lehigh Valley)

Speed: 67
Spike: 44
ESPN: 16
ESPN2:45
Wheel-Nut
03-10-04, 04:33 PM
. . . . .

can't ever see myself spending more than 30-50 bucks a month for TV, if that...


That's what I used to think!
MAXAR RE
03-10-04, 04:34 PM
DirecTV - 325
Night Train
03-10-04, 04:40 PM
Cox Cable, Greenville

ESPN 31
ESPN 32
SPIKE 16
SPEED 248!!!
Lizzerd
03-10-04, 04:48 PM
Comcast Indy:

Spike: 48
Speed: 47
ESPN: 2
ESPN2: 43
mueber
03-10-04, 04:56 PM
Comcast in Fort Wayne

CBS: 2
ABC: 7
ESPN (haven't been their in ages): 6
ESPN2 (haven't been their in even longer: 30
Speed: 46
SpikeTV: 47
dreamracer
03-10-04, 04:57 PM
FSN=34
ESPN=35
ESPN2=36
Spike=57

SPEED= 408 :thumdown:
ferrarigod
03-10-04, 05:17 PM
Gainesville Florida, Cox Comm.

CBS - 4
ESPN - 26
Spike - 32
Speed - 62

Spike is much better, and overall in the US much more peopel get Spike on stadard than speed. It did use to be TNN after all

:thumbup:
Barton
03-10-04, 05:18 PM
TWC/Bright House Networks Central Florida

ESPN 29
ESPN2 30
SPEED 32
Spike 68

We've had SPEED/Speedvision since way back in the day. Spike/TNN is also where it's always been with the other Viacom networks. E! is 65, Comedy Central is 66, BET is 67, VH1 is 72, MTV is 73.
Insomniac
03-10-04, 05:24 PM
Cox Cable (these are all part of the standard package):

32 - ESPN
33 - ESPN2
44 - SpikeTV
60 - SPEED

I really don't think it makes much difference. If anything people have been ignoring SpikeTV for the last year or two, since they haven't had anything on worth watching. I had to look up the channel number for it.

Ditto. They do have shows that appeal to people though. WWE, Star Trek, all those Car Shows. MXE, SlamBall, Joe Schmoe, 007 Movies, etc. And Danica is on some 60 second show I never catch. How about a 60 minute one?

Also of note. When I channel surf, I usually start at the highest channel and go down. :)
Insomniac
03-10-04, 05:33 PM
In Houston not only does Speed require you to subscribe to a digital package but you have to add the Fox Sports option on top of the digital service.

Speed cost me an extra 8 bucks a month. $ 96 a year.... :eek:

I thought Cox was a rip-off. Before, I had Adelphia and paid $103 for Standard Cable, All Digital Cable channels (including all Premiums) and High Speed Internet. It came with one digital receiver. Each additional one was $5 or $6 dollars. And for any desis out there, they had TV Asia and ZeeTV for $10 each per month.
Audi_A4
03-10-04, 05:43 PM
Rogers in the Greater Toronto Area
32 SPIKE
46 or 48 SPEED
Turn7
03-10-04, 06:18 PM
I thought Cox was a rip-off. Before, I had Adelphia and paid $103 for Standard Cable, All Digital Cable channels (including all Premiums) and High Speed Internet. It came with one digital receiver. Each additional one was $5 or $6 dollars. And for any desis out there, they had TV Asia and ZeeTV for $10 each per month.

I have high speed internet, digital cable value package plus the fox sports add on with 2 digital set top boxes. All total with taxes....$114 a month.

No premium movie channel included. No hbo, no showtime, no skinamax, no TMC.

I was a DirecTV and Dish Network subscriber in the past and even though cable is a bit more money, it is worth not having to put up with the poor service of the dishes. No rain fade, no generic weather.
Adrian_FanTX
03-10-04, 06:37 PM
Far Far west Texas Here.

Time Warner Cable.

SPIKE =70
ESPN =25
ESPN2=26
FSWE = 23

OFF the AIR= 20 TV Azteca, this is the second channel feed for the Mexican TV. The main Channel is shown on Channel 11 which is the same feed as TV Azteca Americas for the US.


Speed TV is a premium digital upgrate, an additional $12.00 per month.
Fox Sports World en Español is included in the basic service.

This is a big improvement for those of us who refuse to pay premium service just to see one channel. (well maybe 2 Tech TV is nice too)
Anteater
03-10-04, 06:37 PM
Cox Cable, South Orange County (CA):

15 ESPN
16 ESPN2
52 SPIKE
65 SPEED
TKGAngel
03-10-04, 07:44 PM
Adelphia--City of Buffalo NY

Spike-40
Speed-122 (digital only)
ESPN-30
ESPN2-31
CHAMPCARS4EVER
03-11-04, 12:14 PM
Comcast Digital Cable - So. Lake County, IL

Spike = 42
ESPN = 52
ESPN2 = 33
Speed = 408 (the only channel # that high that I have memorized besides HBO)