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TELECOM Re: Cable Firms Raise Set-Top Box Rates

Bill W1AC (bh1521q7@comcastQRM.net)
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:29:26 -0400

Deborah Yao wrote:

> By DEBORAH YAO, AP Business Writer

> Cable companies are planning to charge more for set-top boxes to help
> pay for new, more expensive versions mandated by the Federal
> Communications Commission.

> They say the price increases are a result of the government's push to
> spur competition for the boxes, which are required to receive digital
> programming and change channels. It's not yet clear how much the
> charges will rise.
[snip]

Are there TV sets that will take a cable company's card so that I
don't have to buy a set-top box at all?

Bill

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