[opendtv] Cox Cable San Diego update
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:40:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
1. Yes, I know quite a few Cox Cable San Diego customers, like my mother, who
have never paid for HBO and who complain that there haven't been any free HBO
freeweekends for close to two decades. (This system was the first large catv
system in the nation, and was the subject of FCC hearings and decisions in the
late 1960's and early 1970's, including two that went to the Supreme Court and
established that the FCC has authority to regulate cable.) ISTR that there was
a "free showtime" weekend in the early 1990's. The channel that was previously
used for this service (which has to be in the basic tier was relegated to
mandatory leased access, and moved to a channel in the 90's in the mid-1990s.
The highest basic-basic-basic channel on CCSD (south division, anyway) is 27, a
shopping channel.
One of the dirty little secrets is that many, many channels have been alleged
to be available on Cox Cable San Diego over the years (in FCC filings, in TV
Factbook) that WERE NEVER OFFERED on COX CABLE SAN DIEGO. Examples: WGN and
Pat Robertson's WYAH. The reality on the cable is different than the 'reality'
in FCC filings and TV Factbook.
2. I have a few more data points on HBO in the clear on CCSD. My mother told
me the other day that she sees that channel sometimes when she surfs, and that
sometimes the channel has no audio. When I most recently checked, the entire
channel was scrambled. Maybe this is in response to my postings here, perhaps
not; in all previous samples -- albeit anecdotal -- the channel was in the
clear.
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