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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br>It was my understanding that the FCC requires cable companies to<br>transmit, unencrypted, all local broadcast channels over their cable<br>
network. For instance, I have the Time Warner Basic Cable package in<br>Columbus, OH that gives me access to most of the analog channels.<br>Although I have not ordered any digital package, I have also been able<br>to receive the digital versions of the local ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS,<br>
and The CW channels. I just realized today that I can no longer<br>receive FOX or ABC. Interestingly, they both are subchannels of the<br>same ATSC channel. I called up the Time Warner Cable support line, and<br>I was told that because I do not have any digital package I should not<br>
be receiving any digital channels.<br><br>First, am I correct in my assumption that the FCC requires cable<br>companies to transmit local broadcast channels in all circumstances,<br>analog and digital? Second, if that's true, does anyone know of where<br>
I can find the FCC regulations stipulating this in case I have to<br>lodge a formal complaint?<br><br></blockquote>
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<div>Chase, </div>
<div> I too live in columbus and had this symptom, then I ran a new scan on my televisions. they moved them from channel mapping 110 .1.2.3 to 78 .1.2.3</div>
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<div>They have also from time to time left unencrypted premium channels for a few weeks I had all of the analog versions of showtime unencrypted.</div>
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<div>They will probably shuffle these around at thier whim, because they can remap the cable boxes to keep them on the same organizational channel but changing thier wire broadcast frequency. Not thinking about or caring that some of us have ClearQAM tuners attached directly to thier network and are using them to record from. although the old layout did last at least a year before they shifted it.</div>
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<div>As for tech support at time warner not knowing about thier ClearQAM transmissions. I find that when I call level one support doesnt know much that isnt on thier basic script. if you can see images on your screen clearly, your cable modem light isnt blinking or you dont have a billing question and you have to get to level 2 or 3 to get an intelligent response. </div>
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<div>just my 2 cents</div>
<div>Jack</div></div></div>