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The New DU. Reply #26: REMEMBER: The FCC ruling does NOT apply to CABLE TV
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jtrockville
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Mon Jan-21-08 06:52 PM
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| 26. REMEMBER: The FCC ruling does NOT apply to CABLE TV |
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The FCC ruling applies to over-the-air television ONLY. Nothing in the FCC's mandate applies to cable company offerings. Cable companies are free to offer analog as long as they choose to do so. The FCC's objective is to free up the portion of the over-the-air spectrum used by analog. The cable company doesn't use this spectrum - they deliver your signal over wires (on your utility poles or underground).
But, cable company plans to drop the analog tier coincides with the FCC's mandate, which (mis)leadings you to think the FCC mandated the cable company switch.
Those on rabbit ears are the only viewers affected by the FCC's ruling.
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