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Re: Ha! I like this proposal Not if you have encrypted digital cable in the neighborhood  |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
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said by Network Guy:Not if you have encrypted digital cable in the neighborhood The FCC says that those stations that are available OTA, should also remain unencrypted over the cable. So even if they remove ALL of the analog cable, there will always be a set of 10 to 15 TV stations (depending on your area) you will be able to pick up with any QAM/ATSC tuner, which most modern TV's have built in. For now, FCC also mandates that those channels need to be available in analog.
This allows a cable subscriber to get the FCC mandated bare minimum on all TV's in the house, whether digital or analog.
Of course that doesn't mean that this isn't CABLE THEFT of course, and illegal.
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 r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX
1 edit | What kind of theft is it to only pick up the unencrypted free OTA channels over a cable splice???? I wonder what they would seek in damages in that case?
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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Hmm, maybe the city should just say that any exposed lines are up for grabs for customers?  |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | said by iansltx:Hmm, maybe the city should just say that any exposed lines are up for grabs for customers? Wow!! if the city did that the cables would be buried so fast it would be like magic 
Years ago I didn't have cable, and had a antenna up. My line of sight to the where the OTA TV stations where passed right through a cable run on an overhead line. There was so much leakage from the old coax that I would get a number of cable channel the problem was they where interfering with what I wanted to watch. I complaint about interference to the cable company and they just blew me off. So I called to thank them for all of the free channels I was able to receive with my antenna. They fixed it the next day.
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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San Jose, CA
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said by Network Guy:Not if you have encrypted digital cable in the neighborhood I took that as literally "stumble"; as in fall and break a bone from tripping over the wire. Had something like that happen to me when the Comcast contractors completed a switch from the old TCI hardline to their newly acquired ATTBI coax. They saw that we were not connected to the tap, and dropped the drop in the yard. I had trouble with my phone (SBC at the time, POTS), and went to the NID to troubleshoot. About 9:30 PM. Hit the Comcast drop at neck level (i.e., I made contact near my Adam's Apple!)
An injury to do lazy install (or uninstall) by Comcast, or their representatives, is a liability that falls on Comcast.
So, break a leg tripping on the lazy install, and get free TV as compensation.
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to maartena
said by maartena:there will always be a set of 10 to 15 TV stations (depending on your area) you will be able to pick up with any QAM/ATSC tuner, which most modern TV's have built in. For now, FCC also mandates that those channels need to be available in analog. Yep, but there is nothing stopping the local cable company from making it a total PITA to find them. In the 3 months I used ClearQAM here, Time Warner changed the station locations no less than 6 times.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Transmaster
Call the FCC. |
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We have digital available, and while I'm on analog, I sure don't get anything through ClearQAM but some music channels. =/ |
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