On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
As far as the consumer is concerned,<br>
the FCC assertion of a small percentage<br>
of the total cable users being impacted<br>
is probably right. It is those with with<br>
digital TVs without a STB and those<br>
(highly represented on this list) crazys<br>
with clear-QAM PC tuners :-). But that<br>
tends to dismiss that those using<br>
digital TVs without a STB tend to often<br>
be the set of people "most at risk"<br>
(abusing the term) in that they are going<br>
to tend to be those on the lowest or fixed<br>
incomes (not those with 60" flat screen TVs<br>
who spend $300/month for every tv package<br>
and on-demand offering available from their<br>
cableco). Eventually adding in another<br>
$10/month to the cable bill for STBs can<br>
be a lot of money for some. <br></blockquote><div> </div></div>When I was with Comcast, they provide a tiny Motorola SD box for only $1 per month. It was only if you wanted a full featured, HD box that the price went up to $8 per month. Do other companies not have the cheap option?<br>