VOOM "Shutdown" schedule anyone?

[Tvlman]

Does anyone know what time will VOOM actually be shut down on the 30th? Midnight eastern or 6am or what? Don't want to be in the middle of a program and have it go black.

 

[Shawn95GT]

I haven't heard anything but I got quite the scare this morning.

I fired up the TV / STB and got a black screen in the preview pane. The shutdown message was there.... the guide was there... just no TV.

I tried a couple different channels via the guide.... nothing.

I checked and the sat signal was at 96... no problem there.

Just then I remebered a bug that I haven't seen in a LONG time... so I hit watch and did a channel up, channel down and got picture.

Grrrr - firmware bug nearly gave me a heart attack this morning - lol.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Does anyone know what time will VOOM actually be shut down on the 30th? Midnight eastern or 6am or what? Don't want to be in the middle of a program and have it go black.

12:01 am on April 30th is what I know.

 

[1080iBeVuMin]

12:01 am on April 30th is what I know.

A day that will live in infamy.

 

[Alto101]

12:01 am on April 30th is what I know.

Do you mean 12:01 am on May 1st?

If you mean 12:01 am on April 30th, then the 29th would actually be our last Voom experience?

 

[RPacion]

12:01 am on April 30th is what I know.

Does this mean 9:00 pm on April 29th for PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) viewers?

 

[truqui]

Well I'll setup my Tivo at that time to one of the Voom 21 channels. Who knows...it may be a piece of video for posterity...sell it on EBay!!!
:river

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Do you mean 12:01 am on May 1st?

If you mean 12:01 am on April 30th, then the 29th would actually be our last Voom experience?

This is correct.

 

[truqui]

Sorry I'm still
Which day is it? 12:01 AM on 5/1/05 ?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

No on 4/29/05

 

[BFG]

wow, 1 less day. I think everyone though they'd still see something on april 20th. I wonder why they cut out 1 day before the month ends.

so midnight next friday is it?

 

[truqui]

OK thanks...geezz that's not April 30th like they said. That's one day ahead of time.

 

[lilyarbie]

Ok, I think I understand fully......

When it's 11:59PM on April 29th, only two minutes later is when they are saying the shutdown is supposed to be which is 12:01AM or 00:01 by international time standards or military time on April 30th. What time zone will it be in? I don't know and I don't think anybody else on here knows either.

 

[BFG]

Well it's not really one day ahead of time. They're still shutting down on April 30th. They never said if it was first thing April 30th or last thing. I turns out to be the first thing.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

12:01 am on April 30th IS April 30th.

As far as I am told it is Eastern Time.

I should note that as of the other day there still was not an established shutdown procedure in place.

 

[truqui]

When it's 11:59PM on April 29th, only two minutes later is when they are saying the shutdown is supposed to be which is 12:01AM or 00:01 by international time standards or military time on April 30th. What time zone will it be in? I don't know and I don't think anybody else on here knows either.

No, Scott wrote 12:01 AM on 2/29/05 (that's 2 minutes after 11:59 PM on 4/28/05) Right?

Just saw Scotts clarification...12:01 4/30/05
Well, it is the date they said, just right at the beginning of it!

 

[BFG]

He meant April 29th is the last full day of voom, 1 minute into april 30th is when they'll shut down.

 

[Oldman2]

However, the VOOM onscreen notice states that we will not be billed beyond April 30 which makes it appear that we will have service through the 30th.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

You will. You will have 1 minute of service on the 30th!

 

[cidbozek]

Omg !!!!