<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Jay Ashworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jra@baylink.com" target="_blank">jra@baylink.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Someone pointed out yesterday that since the FCC no longer requires<br>
Clear QAM, cablecos are phasing it out. (What was the citation on that<br>
requirement, BTW?)<br>
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1) Does anyone know if WOW -- who have built a sort of reputation of<br>
getting their engineering 'right' as we define that term -- are going to<br>
do this as well?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I doubt WOW will touch this. A few years back, when WOW phased out their analog, they attempted to follow suit with Comcast on encrypting basic and requiring DTAs. They even got so far as to issue a bunch of DTAs to their customers. However, before the cutoff date, WOW received a ton of customer complaints about the matter. Unlike Comcast (who I'm sure received just as many complaints), WOW actually decided to listen to their customers and aborted the plans to encrypt basic.</div>
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2) Does it mean that you can't use tuners at all, and must go to STBs? Or<br>
just that you will have to have a Cablecard-capable tuner?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cablecards work just fine with WOW. In fact, even better than with Comcast. WOW even leaves their movie channels as Copy Free. Or at least they did 2 years ago when I briefly had every single channel...at the moment I only have Stars, and it is Copy Free. See here:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ronfrazier.net/mythtv/cci/index.php?id=15">http://www.ronfrazier.net/mythtv/cci/index.php?id=15</a><br></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Ron Frazier
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