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Re: Cable Firms Raise Set-Top Box Rates

Barry Margolin (barmar@alum.mit.edu)
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:58:49 -0400

In article <telecom26.191.11@telecom-digest.org>, William Warren
<w_warren_nonoise@comcast.net> wrote:

> That reminds me: does having a digital cable box mean that I'll be
> able to receive _all_ the digital channels on my analog TV, or are
> there exceptions?

With a provider-supplied cable box you should be able to receive all
digital channels and interactive services (e.g. video-on-demand).

With Comcast, if you have a customer-supplied cable box and a cable
card, I think you can get all digital channels, but none of the
interactive services.

Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA
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