<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Ben Kamen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bkamen@benjammin.net">bkamen@benjammin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 5/5/2010 11:34 PM, Calvin Dodge wrote:<br>
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We missed tonight's shows because Comcast:<br>
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1) moved all the OTA digital streams to new virtual channels, and<br>
2) Removed the station and channel identifiers from most of those channels<br>
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When I called them to find out what was going on, I learned (at least,<br>
according to the phone answerer I spoke with) that they're apparently<br>
going to drop the OTA digital channels (to offer us more channels which<br>
will be available ONLY with a digital set-top box), and we need to get<br>
antennas if we want to receive local HD stations without using those<br>
extra-cost set-top boxes.<br>
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Doesn't that violate the OTA must carry rules??<br>
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Where are you located, I bet your local community (and possible municipality) is ticked.<br></blockquote></div><br><br>Lakewood, Colorado<br><br>Given the "must carry" rule, I'm wondering if the phone answerer was merely ignorant. Maybe this is just a glitch, and some day Comcast will plug those channel and station IDs back in.<br>
<br>Unfortunately, I can't wait a few days to find out. So I'll still have to try out an antenna with our HDHomeRun and Hauppauge 1600.<br><br>Calvin Dodge<br>