[mythtv-users] What FCC ruling requires OTA digital unencrypted?

[Cory Papenfuss]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> > 	Hey all... starting to play with HDTV and digital with the arrival 
> > of a QAM-capable HDTV set.  After auto-tuning, it found a few digital 
> > channels, but with "unusable signal."  I suspect the local Adelphia is not 
> > providing anything unencrypted.
> >
> > 	According to what I've read around here, the FCC ruling requires 
> > that OTA-receivable signals are provided unencrypted, no?  Can anyone cite 
> > chapter and verse of the ruling that requires it so I can go bust some 
> >   
> You could just call and ask them.  Instead of assuming them the devil, I 
> called Comcast and they simply told me that I would receive all the OTA 
> HD channels unencrypted even with basic basic cable service.  No extra 
> payments, nothing.  All included in my meager $15/mo. service.
> 
> Kevin

	I actually did call them.  The first 5 people I talked to 
confessed nothing about anything, and the 6th eventually said that they 
provided only analog for basic.  Digital required a settop box.  When I 
suggested that they were required to provide OTA digital unencrypted, I 
was met with silence.  I offered to provide the requirement rule.... thus 
my search.  :)

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA                                       *
* Electrical Engineering                                                *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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