[Discuss] Comcast gets rid of the remaining analog channels

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 01/14/2012 08:23 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> As I understand it, they are required by FCC regulations to transmit
> rebroadcasts of over the air channels in the clear.   They already
> send those channels in both analog and unencrypted digital in
> Cambridge.   You never can tell what Comcast will do, but I suspect
> that they won't add encryption to a signal that I could get for free
> with just an antenna and they are supposed to keep in the clear
> anyway.
They must, provide free equipment to their basic subscribers so that
former analog-only subscribers can get free DTAs.

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