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

[John P Poet]

On 7/28/06, Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss at me.vt.edu> wrote:
> 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

Maybe this?

CFR Title 47, §76.1904:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=4c40cccfb786c3dc7770dfb11e52da10&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:4.0.1.1.4.23.3.4&idno=47


John