One of the reasons I have stayed with Cogeco cable since they took over Northumberland Cable TV in 2001 is the availability of local weather reports and forecasts from The Weather Network on channel 21 in SD. For some years there there has also been an HD channel (767), but this does not carry localized reports, just rotating reports for all of Canada.
For months, there have been intermittent problems on channel 21, with frequent signal loss lasting from a few seconds to several minutes. As of yesterday, May 1st, we are now getting the HD signal from 767 on channel 21, without the signal drops but also without the local weather. Is this happening in other Cogeco service areas? Are they dumping all that useful local weather information without even telling their customers (which seems to be par for the course)? Can a Cogeco representative shed any light on this?
Local weather information is available online, but it's more convenient to be able to flip to channel 21 at any time while watching TV.
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