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Worst Cable Systems in America

These are the towns formerly served by Lynnstar along with the Zap2it links to their channel lineups.

Clifton TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
Coleman TX (Coleman County – Abilene DMA)
Comanche TX (Comanche County – DFW DMA)
Eden TX (Concho County – San Angelo DMA)
Iraan TX (Pecos County – Odessa-Midland DMA)
Lake Whitney TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
Mart TX (McLennan County – Waco DMA)
Mason TX (Mason County – Austin DMA)
Menard TX (Menard County – San Angelo DMA)
Rankin TX (Upton County – Odessa-Midland DMA)
Valley Mills TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
West TX (McLennan County – Waco DMA)
Whitney TX (Hill County – DFW DMA)
 
mvcg66b3r said:
These are the towns formerly served by Lynnstar along with the Zap2it links to their channel lineups.

Clifton TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
Coleman TX (Coleman County – Abilene DMA)
Comanche TX (Comanche County – DFW DMA)
Eden TX (Concho County – San Angelo DMA)
Iraan TX (Pecos County – Odessa-Midland DMA)
Lake Whitney TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
Mart TX (McLennan County – Waco DMA)
Mason TX (Mason County – Austin DMA)
Menard TX (Menard County – San Angelo DMA)
Rankin TX (Upton County – Odessa-Midland DMA)
Valley Mills TX (Bosque County – DFW DMA)
West TX (McLennan County – Waco DMA)
Whitney TX (Hill County – DFW DMA)
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Some of those communities are decent-sized! Here are the populations of the communities as of the 2010 census:
Clifton (3,442)
Coleman (4,709)
Comanche (4,335)
Eden (2,766)
Iraan (1,229)
Lake Whitney (unincorporated)
Mart (2,209)
Mason (2,114)
Menard (1,653)
Rankin (778)
Valley Mills (1,203) - community straddles the Bosque/McLennan county line
West (2,807)
Whitney (2,087)

I'm guessing LynnStar was losing subscribers to the dishes because of how poor the lineups were (and likely poorly run as well)
 
Dillingham, AK (Nushtel)

Now while they do offer Dish Network mainly as their "cable" they only offer it in SD. Top250 and all movie channels offered. But they do have an "analog cable" option
$25 and 6 channels

2 KTVA, Anchorage CBS
3 Local Weather
7 ARCS (Alaska Rural Communications Service)
9 PBS
11 LOCAL EVENTS
12 GAVEL TO GAVEL (now called 360North)


http://www.nushtel.com/cable-tv.htm
 
Bracey in is VIRGINIA, Not NC

And other than there not being any HD on it, whats wrong with it?
-strong analog lineup
-2 different markets of networks
-pretty good digital
-lots of movie channels

Why would this be under "WORST" systems? I wouldn't even call this a bad system. Worst to me is all analog maybe up to channel 50.
 
Haines Cable TV, Haines Alaska (Northern Part of the AK Panhandle). This is a great example of why zap2it isnt the "be all to end all channel lineups".

http://hainescable.com/cable-tv-services
CH. 2 WGN
CH. 3 ARCS-ALASKA
CH. 4 SHOWTIME
CH. 5 WTBS
CH. 6 ADVERTISING SCANNER
CH. 7 DISNEY
CH. 8 NBC-SEATTLE
CH. 9 CBS-ALASKA
CH. 10 FAMILY CHANNEL
CH. 11 ESPN
CH. 12 CNN
CH. 13 CBC-NORTH CANADA
CH. 14 ALASKA ONE-EDUCATIONAL
CH. 15 DEMO
CH. 16 ANIMAL PLANET
CH. 17 C-SPAN
CH. 18 ABC-ALASKA
CH. 20 TRINITY BROADCASTING
CH. 21 OUTDOOR CHANNEL
CH. 22 coming soon
CH. 23 CW
CH. 24 TLC
CH. 25 TNT
CH. 26 SCIFI
CH. 27 FOX-ALASKA
CH. 28 USA
CH. 29 QVC
CH. 30 HISTORY CHANNEL
CH. 31 DISCOVERY CHANNEL
CH. 32 LIFETIME
CH. 33 CNBC
CH. 34 ESPN 2
CH. 35 A&E

Zap2it shows 3 KYUK (which is partially ARCS), 9 CBS Denver, 15 Spike, 22 VH1, 27 nothing, 34 Root NW
 
Haines Cable TV, Skagway, AK (tip of the Panhandle)
Another great example of the discrepancies between the provider and zap2it

http://hainescable.com/cable-tv-services
CH. 2 WGN
CH. 3 CBS-KTVA
CH. 4 A&E
CH. 5 360 North
CH. 6 LOCAL ADVERTISING
CH. 7 ESPN
CH. 8 CNN
CH. 9 DISNEY
CH. 10 FAMILY CHANNEL
CH. 11 TLC
CH. 13 Alaska -ARCS - free air <---------this station is over the air on RF13 in analog. Being a translator they have not moved to digital yet
CH. 14 USA
CH. 15 ABC-ALASKA
CH. 16 ALASKA-1
CH. 18 CW
CH. 19
CH. 20 KTBY-FOX
CH. 21 TBN
CH. 22 OUTDOOR CHANNEL
CH. 23 History
CH. 24 WTBS
CH. 25 TNT
CH. 26 SCIFI
CH. 27 Discovery
CH. 28 NBC
CH. 29 ANIMAL PLANET
CH. 30 coming soon
CH. 31 Alaska - ARCS - on this channel to reduce interferrence.
CH. 32 SHOWTIME
CH. 33 MOVIE CHANNEL
Ch. 34 CNBC
Ch. 35 Lifetime

zap2it shows 3 CBS Denver, 5 USA, 11 Spike, 12 ABC Alaska, 13 KUAC PBS, 14 nothing, 15 Outdoor, 19 CNBC, 20 nothing, 21 Discovery,22 AMC, 23 C-Span, 27 TBN, 30 FX, 31 Local, 34 Sundance, 35 Flix
 
Suddenlink Pahrump NV (Nye County - Las Vegas DMA). Decent SD lineup and some HD channels, but no ESPN2 HD, no PPV or VOD and only local PBS, FOX and ABC in HD. And that's despite Pahrump having a population of 36,441.
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlist...NV55011:X&isDescriptionOn=true&aid=tvschedule

Compare with Suddenlink's other Nevada system in Laughlin (Clark County - pop. 7,323):
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlist...9029&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=NV54663:X

BTW, the FCC's Cable Search says Pahrump is in Clark County, but it's really in Nye County.
 
mvcg66b3r said:
Suddenlink Pahrump NV (Nye County - Las Vegas DMA). Decent SD lineup and some HD channels, but no ESPN2 HD, no PPV or VOD and only local PBS, FOX and ABC in HD. And that's despite Pahrump having a population of 36,441.
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlist...NV55011:X&isDescriptionOn=true&aid=tvschedule

Compare with Suddenlink's other Nevada system in Laughlin (Clark County - pop. 7,323):
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlist...9029&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=NV54663:X

BTW, the FCC's Cable Search says Pahrump is in Clark County, but it's really in Nye County.
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Pahrump would fit better in Clark County, but that's for another thread (it's over 150 miles by road to Nye County's seat of Tonopah and you have to go through another county's seat to get there)
 
CableSouth Media3 has many bad systems (and even some good ones), but I single these out:

Aubrey AR (Lee County - Memphis DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ar-lee-county.html
Lewisville AR (Lafayette County - Shreveport DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ar-lewisville.html
Lonoke AR (Lonoke County - Little Rock DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ar-lonoke.html
Marshall AR (Searcy County - Little Rock DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ar-marshall.html

Bernice LA (Union Parish - Monroe DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---la-bernice.html
Ferriday LA (Concordia Parish - Monroe DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---la-ferriday.html

Collins MS (Covington County - Hattiesburg DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ms-collins.html
NAS Meridian MS (Lauderdale County - Meridian DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ms-nas-meridian.html
Sumrall MS (Lamar County - Hattiesburg DMA): http://www.mymedia3.com/channel-lineup---ms-sumrall.html
 
Here are some bad systems from Clara City Telephone (all in Minnesota):
Belview/Echo/Wood Lake (Redwood and Yellow Medicine Counties - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/belview_echo_woodlake.pdf
Clements (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/clements.pdf
Comfrey (Cottonwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/comfrey.pdf
Hanley Falls (Yellow Medicine County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/hanley_falls.pdf
Lake Lillian (Kandiyohi County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/lake_lillian.pdf
Lamberton (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/lamberton.pdf
Lucan (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/lucan.pdf
Nicollet (Nicollet County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/nicollet.pdf
Raymond (Kandiyohi County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/raymond.pdf
Revere (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/revere.pdf (only 18 channels, yet they find room for three CBS affiliates!)
Truman/Trimont/Welcome (Martin County - not sure if in Minneapolis or Mankato DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/truman_trimont_welcome.pdf (their best system!)
Wabasso (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/wabasso.pdf
Walnut Grove (Redwood County - Minneapolis DMA): http://www.hcinet.net/claracity/wp-content/uploads/walnut_grove.pdf
 
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