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Analog cable stay of execution faces deadline

Will cable companies still be forced to carry locals in unencrypted QAM format like they are now? Most new TVs will pick them up with their built in tuner, and low cost third party QAM boxes could be made for older TVs. I wouldn't mind if they ended all analog services on cable as long as they unencrypted the QAM feeds all of the former analog channels so you could still get them without renting a box.
 
Third-party QAM-compatible receivers have been available for years. I have a couple myself!
 
Another reason why I cut the cord 2 years ago and never looked back!

So no more cable from the wall, they better start offering a la carte if they want my business ever again!
 
What needs to be at the local level, is the municipalities control the franchise of cable television and IPTV over fiber optic RBOC's delivery services such as U-Verse. By authority they can require that cable cos in order to keep their operating franchise in that municipality, require they keep certain channels unscrambled, including PEG channels. In Austin, they made the mistake of using litigation, rather than add a clause to the franchise contract when said contract was up for renewal. In 2013, I promise you, my fellow San Antonians that I will mandate basic being unscrambled as a requirement of continued operation of said Cable Television franchise within the City limits. Along with mandated customer controlled A-La-Carte programming, even if it means Time Warner pulling out of San Antonio.

Somebody has to stand up for the consumer. Even if I don't win election, I will work with city government in getting such a franchise agreement passed. I will start with Council member Diego Bernal, our only elected council member that rides VIA according to the newspaper San Antonio Express News.

Anybody here have a plan of action?

"Local Government is just as important as our State and Federal Government."
Remember that when you go to the polls!!!!
Issues before Party is a wise decision!!!!
 
Genachowski is a big fan of usage-based internet pricing, too, so IPTV will have a bandwidth tax. The cable thieves have us coming and going!
 
newsbot said:
You can kiss Clear QAM goodbye, too...all in the name of preventing cable theft, of course...cable box rental income has nothing to do with it, no siree!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...ht-theft-by-encrypting-signals-fcc-rules.html
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Well time to dump cable then. The biggest advantage cable has had for years over satellite was being able to add a splitter and feed other TVs without additional equipment needed. With QAM this could have easily carried over into the digital age, but instead the cable companies would rather have you use their boxes. The Time Warner boxes can be a real pain with lagging buggy software and boxes which must suck down their fair share of electricity since they are always warm.

Now that you can get HD OTA depending on where you are, along with online content, cable is becoming easier to do without.
 
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