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JonR · 27-09-2006, 11:47

The first I knew of this channel reshuffle was when I woke up this morning and couldn't get BBC1 by pressing "1" on the remote.

A couple of hours later and there's a letter in the post from NTL telling me that customers had told them that their channel numbers were a little strange, so they've changed them. I'm not sure what exactly was strange about having 1=BBC1, 2=BBC2, 3=ITV, 4=C4, 5=Five. Seemed logical to me.

Previously I knew my favourite channel numbers (such as 15 for ITV4, 8 for ITV3, etc etc); but now I need to remember 117 instead of 15 and so on. Where's the logic? If they were organising the channels to make it easier for all customers, shouldn't BBC3 and BBC4 follow BBC1 and BBC2; and shouldn't ITV2/3/4 follow ITV1?

Then I looked in the TV paper and realised what NTL have *really* done. It's nothing to do with what customers have told them. NTL numbers have changed to the numbers that Telewest use. Instead of changing the Telewest numbers, NTL change NTL numbers. Marvellous.

27-09-2006, 11:47	#179
JonR Inactive Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 30	Re: Channel ReShuffle The first I knew of this channel reshuffle was when I woke up this morning and couldn't get BBC1 by pressing "1" on the remote. A couple of hours later and there's a letter in the post from NTL telling me that customers had told them that their channel numbers were a little strange, so they've changed them. I'm not sure what exactly was strange about having 1=BBC1, 2=BBC2, 3=ITV, 4=C4, 5=Five. Seemed logical to me. Previously I knew my favourite channel numbers (such as 15 for ITV4, 8 for ITV3, etc etc); but now I need to remember 117 instead of 15 and so on. Where's the logic? If they were organising the channels to make it easier for all customers, shouldn't BBC3 and BBC4 follow BBC1 and BBC2; and shouldn't ITV2/3/4 follow ITV1? Then I looked in the TV paper and realised what NTL have really done. It's nothing to do with what customers have told them. NTL numbers have changed to the numbers that Telewest use. Instead of changing the Telewest numbers, NTL change NTL numbers. Marvellous.