On 09/25/2013 10:11 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: >> Laura Conrad <lcon...@laymusic.org> writes: >> >>>>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad <bogs...@pobox.com> writes: >>> Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas? >>> >>> Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the >>> previous cable subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any >>> of the antennas he's tried. >> Unfortunately this will cease to work once Comcast encrypts Limited >> Basic. > Which I can confirm happened right on schedule yesterday in Cambridge. > The only channel which has been left unencrypted is the one playing > a continuous loop of how you have to lease equipment from Comcast due > to their desire to "improve service". i.e. Increase their revenues. > :-( > > > When Comcast did this in Newton they provided 2 DTAs free of charge.
I think there are a few motivations for this: 1. increase revenues 2. provide additional services to compete with FIOS, and the satellite TV networks. 3. (probably a bit less) to compete with the other cable companies like RCN, Time Warner, et. al. -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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