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On 11/24/2008 03:20 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On my bill, it was footnote #3 in the section on new Cable prices for > Cambridge. The footnote reads: > > "3. Standard Cable includes Basic Service and Expanded Basic Service. > Effective December 1, 2008, Standard Cable will no longer be offered > for new subscription." > > Always remember when reading a contract written by someone else, the > text giveth and the flyspeck footnotes taketh away. > > Standard Basic is the maximum analog TV service which is currently > available in my area. It consists of Basic Service (basically local > broadcast signals) > plus Expanded Basic ('premium' channels via analog signal). I am > subscribed to one of their digital packages with a Comcast supplied > box so I can do On-Demand viewing. My KnoppMyth box currently records > directly from analog via cable splitters rather then trying to manage > the settop box. If Standard Cable (full analog goes away) the only > analog signal which will be sold to new customers will be the > equivalent of using an antenna in the pre-digital TV age. Customer > attrition will likely reduce the number of people on Expanded Basic > fairly quickly and they'll do something to 'encourage' people to > switch. Comcast recently forced me to switch from the older non-VOIP > phone service to their current offering just a a couple of months ago > which is why I'm concerned... > > =20 I'm not 100% sure what the differences are, and how they are licensed by = the community. As I mentioned, 2 analog channels, TruTV (40) and MSNBC=20 (53) are no longer available on analog. I'm not sure what they have to=20 replace the standard cable, or whether they will continue to accept new=20 analog-only subscribers, or whether they will offer free digital boxes.=20 They must, by regulation, provide analog services until 2011. I've heard = that some cable companies are providing digital boxes free of charge to=20 their low-end customers so hey can drop analog altogether. --=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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