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Dec 11th, 2007 by Don Ray

Channel 54 is so pixilated that it is absolutely unwatchable. I think I am going to have to consider switching to Cable Onda in January.

Tags: Utilities

Posted in Panama Journal, Rants

13 Responses to “AstroVision - Que Pasa”

on 11 Dec 2007 at 10:22 pm12wheels

Hi Don,
I tried the link to Panama Journal and then to read the full article, but it would not come up.

I continue to enjoy all your daily entries!
on 12 Dec 2007 at 7:20 am2Don Ray

There was no continue reading onb this post. It was a one liner. I am wondering it you clicked on the Panama Journal Tag and it would just bring up all posts in that category.

Maybe I should have listed this as a rant.
on 13 Dec 2007 at 3:56 am3Henry

Don’t expect better service from Cable Onda. There is only CNN and Fox for English news, and Fox is frequently unavailable. I get more snowstorms than Canada, and it is a rare day the something is not hosed. There is no channel that lists the program schedule and the one online is grossly inacurate. On the “plus” side there are five channels that mostly rebroadcast or mirror local channels. It’s about what you would expect if a high school ran a cable system. Oh, did I mention that there are at least two channels that show soft porn daily.

Henry
on 13 Dec 2007 at 6:08 am4Don Ray

Hi Henry. Do you use Cable Onda for Internet as well. And if so, how does it do?
on 13 Dec 2007 at 5:42 pm5Henry

I use Clueless and Worthless ADSL, which, to be fair, is more reliable than electricity or water. For several months now, there has been a very annoying latency in C&W’s network that makes my 1 MGbit connection act more like 128 MB. Download/upload speeds are normal, but I experience delays of seconds (not to mention timeouts) before the downloads start. My friends who have Cable Onda are less than satisfied with their service, as well. It’s a case of “better the devil you know” with me.

Henry
on 13 Dec 2007 at 6:29 pm6Don Ray

You may be right. If I had to have one bad provider, I would prefer it was not my Internet provider. I can put up with a little bad TV, but I want as good of performance as I can get with the Internet.
on 15 Dec 2007 at 5:02 pm7Bob

henry,
when i lived in panama city i had cable onda, i thought it was pretty good. my cable fed through a box and not directly from the wall. i had friends who did not have the box and they did not recieve as many channels nor had on-screen program directory. my one big beef was that their sap didn’t work on espn or fox sports.
is your connection through a box next to your tv?
on 15 Dec 2007 at 5:08 pm8Don Ray

Bob,

No, AstroVision doesn’t require a box.
on 20 Dec 2007 at 12:59 pm9MyMyia

Astrovision and Cable Onda
I have heard that Cable Onda has purchased Astrovision,
can anyone shed any light on this?
on 20 Dec 2007 at 1:03 pm10Don Ray

Have not heard that. I will check when I pay my next bill. Doesn’t seem like a good business deal to me. All they have to do is wait a little more and there will be less to take.
on 27 Dec 2007 at 1:36 pm11Michael Thornton

Hi Don, my wife’s family has cable onda. Since I have been here (8 days) I was able to watch a lot of NFL games. (The Thursday night NFL Network game as well the Saturday night Cowboys game) On Sundays ESPN shows 2 full games as well. It was like I was back home in Boston. They shows NBA games as well. The clarity of the picture is good as well. I can’t comment on Internet but for TV they are good in my opinion.
on 11 Aug 2008 at 4:01 pm12Witness

i have a complaint about something. i was wondering if its correct to carry people on the cars of the company, because many times i saw people who don’t belong to the enterprise riding on the cars. i just a observation. please accept my apologies if i do anything wrong.
Regards!
on 11 Aug 2008 at 6:26 pm13Don Ray

Maybe Astrovision will see your comment.