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On 10/02/2008 11:47 AM, Grant M. wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > =20 >>> RCN doesn't do analog in Waltham any more :( >>> =20 >>> =20 >> AFIK, cable companies are required to provide analog until 2012. They >> can do this by either providing analog/DT/HD feeds or by providing >> digital converter boxes free of charge to some subscribers. Currently >> Comcast is providing analog, but they have cut out a few of channels. >> =20 > > FIOS stopped providing analog as of several months ago. I was using it > for my hauppauge card. > Grant M. > =20 I'm not sure where Verizon FIOS fits legally, but the FCC requires cable = companies to continue to provide analog or provide a box free of charge=20 to basic cable subscribers. Right now I know a couple of Comcast=20 subscribers who are very upset that Comcast no longer supplies channel=20 40 (TruTV) and channel 53 (MSNBC). With the cable companies who are=20 still providing analog, it's a bandwidth issue because, as I mentioned=20 they have to provide 3 feeds on the same physical cable. with Waltham=20 being the Precision City, they might have passed an ordinance against=20 analog in the city limits. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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