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Re: Go digital said by MrChupacabra:Most Franchise agreements state that you have to keep a certain amount of cable usable without a set top box. Also for those services that done need a box, giving them one complicates a few things. Most cable franchise agreements run about 10 yrs. When these are expiring(avg over next 5 yrs), I'd bet a lot of money that the cable companies will no longer agree to keep analog channels as part of the renewal. Also, if a national franchise law is passed, it could contain a provision wiping out all local agreements at time of passing. Cable companies will kill off analog channels as soon as legally possible.
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| said by fAcEtIOUs:When these are expiring(avg over next 5 yrs), I'd bet a lot of money that the cable companies will no longer agree to keep analog channels as part of the renewal. Maybe not, but eliminating all analog is customer-hostile and will disrupt many people's television watching style. Not that the cable industry has ever been customer-centric, but this would cause an incredible churn rate among those who have more than a couple of television devices in use. Nobody is going to install a cable box on every TV or video recording device, and unless the cable companies can come up with equivalent technology (as is proposed by Broadlogic) they are opening the door for non-trivial customer loss. Given the choice between renting a half dozen cable boxes at $5+ a month each and still not being able to record what you want or going to (for example) FiOS with their analog equivalent service which do you think a person would choose?
As for me, when Comcast eliminates analog is when I eliminate Comcast. At that point there is no point to keeping them around. |
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Columbus, OH | And what? Go to DirecTV which STILL requires a box for every tv? Those boxes sometimes becoming even more expensive than cableco offerings. Or FiOS /IF/ its available and even then, its running a VERY similar system to whats noted here in the article (i dont know if verizon does a digital>analog conversion at the ONT or they just send the baseband video right down the fiber line.)
Nevertheless, a complete conversion to full digital /IS/ coming whether you like it or not. It is a natural progression for the service.
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the only problem with that is the amount of cable system that
are analog only systems as comcast here is analog only as they say it is too costly too upgrade the entire system at this time |
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