Well, free was a poor choice of words, but the point is that the additional transmission is taking up space and they are getting no revenue from it. They will continue to need the STB for upper tier services. Free QAM seems to me to be a net loser for the cable companies, and most consumers are not using it even if they have QAM tuners in their sets. Most either watch analog channels or use the STB for the digital version.
Leonard Caillouet 5535 SW 98th Terr Gainesville, FL 32608 352-367-1075 home 352-219-6216 cell lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx (home/office email) lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxx (mobile email) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:05 PM To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [opendtv] Re: My Jax clear QAM HD went away
Leonard Caillouet wrote:If you want digital and the cable provider is not retransmitting it, you can just put up an antenna. Why should the cable company be expected to provide a service for free? Should they be required to broadcast it in both analog and digital and have to pay for it as well?It would not be for free. The cable company charges a basic rate for the local OTA channels, so you're still paying them. And they might even charge extra for the digital tier, which would be needed for the HD local channels. I think this varies.If cable used clearQAM, it would not cost them havcing to supply the STB. On the other hand, they might prefer the infinite revenue stream generated by all the STB rentals.But I'm sure that Tom will do what you suggest. Put up his own antenna and be independent. He ahs done so in the past.Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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