I called them today. They said the rollout would take place from 1/15 through 4/30, so they aren't just flipping a switch for everyone. The mailer I got last week that told me about this said I needed to get a digital box by February 28th, and that date was put there with a sticker, so I'm guessing that is the date that my area will be converted. Did anyone else get that mailer? What dates did you have?
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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I called them today. They said the rollout would take place from 1/15 through 4/30, so they aren't just flipping a switch for everyone. The mailer I got last week that told me about this said I needed to get a digital box by February 28th, and that date was put there with a sticker, so I'm guessing that is the date that my area will be converted. Did anyone else get that mailer? What dates did you have?
I got the mailer and my stamped date was Feb 12, so we'll see on Tuesday if all these new promised HD channels kick in.