Channel 117 on analog cable - what is this?

[radiolives]

AT&T Cable had this in Central Connecticut on Analog Channel 81 back in the day before they got taken over by Comcast. Nowadays COMCAST is digital only for channels 24-64. The only channels you can get without a box are:

3 CBS, 4 NBC, 5 Public Access, 6 FOX, 7 PBS, 8 ABC, 9 MY-TV, 10 ION, 11 CW, 12 PBS (out of market), 13 Telemundo, 16 TBS, 17 EWTN, 18 Univision, 19 Weather Channel, 22 C-Span, 70 QVC, 95 Educational Access, 96 Government Access, 98 CT-N (CT Government Programming), and 99 HSN.

That stinks. Gotta have a cable box for all tvs. Seems like Comcast way to get extra money.

 

[Sammi Brie]

AT&T Cable had this in Central Connecticut on Analog Channel 81 back in the day before they got taken over by Comcast. Nowadays COMCAST is digital only for channels 24-64. The only channels you can get without a box are:

3 CBS, 4 NBC, 5 Public Access, 6 FOX, 7 PBS, 8 ABC, 9 MY-TV, 10 ION, 11 CW, 12 PBS (out of market), 13 Telemundo, 16 TBS, 17 EWTN, 18 Univision, 19 Weather Channel, 22 C-Span, 70 QVC, 95 Educational Access, 96 Government Access, 98 CT-N (CT Government Programming), and 99 HSN.

That stinks. Gotta have a cable box for all tvs. Seems like Comcast way to get extra money.

Actually cablecos have major incentives to complete these types of projects (Comcast started theirs in Chicago, called Project Cavalry). That way they can deliver more digital services (less bandwidth) and improve the bandwidth allotted to telephone and internet services.

 

[radiolives]

So we should see this happening more where you'll need a digital box for all your tvs?