Is C-SPAN 2 part the Welcome Pack?

[EricB]

Does anyone know if C-SPAN 2 is part of the Welcome Pack? I just switched to the Welcome Pack and I'm seeing all of the stations I expected except for C-SPAN 2.

Thanks.

 

[boba]

Ch212 is available on my welcome pack,Tr11 on 119.

 

[pugmom]

I just downgraded to the welcome pack and I don't get C-Span 2 either. Why wouldn't everyone get it?

 

[Mr Tony]

I dont see C-Span 2 as part of the welcome pack

old thread on what is in it
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-ne...rica-welcome-pack-classified-information.html

American Welcome Pack:

AMC
Bloomberg
Boomerrang
CMT
Comedy Central
Discovery Kids
Food
Hallmark
History
TLC
MSNBC
MTV2 (but not MTV)
Oxygen
QVC
Shop NBC
TBS
The Weather Channel
WE

CSPAN is part of the PI pack....listing the 119 channels only

EKB: Free Public Interest Programming Package

Public Interest Channels at 119°
Channel Channel Name
210 Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN)
213 NASA TV
260 Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN)
261 Eternal Word TV Network (EWTN)
9411 Northern Arizona University House
9412 University of California TV (UCTV)
9414 V-Me

so I dont see CSPAN2 in there

 

[jegrant]

Yeah, I think this is due to the Public Interest requirements, which allow, generally, only one channel per programmer to count as PI. In C-SPAN's case, that means that they can only count the original C-SPAN as PI, not any additional channels they produce.
(The law does say that in a hypothetical future world of unlimited bandwidth, once every programmer who wants one has a PI channel, at that time, existing programmers could have more than one such channel. But, I doubt that everyone who wants a PI will ever get one. My understanding is, that the PI waiting list is relatively long.)