> Tim wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 15:05 -0500, James Kaufman wrote: >>> "Cable companies were authorized by the FCC in late 2007 to continue >>> their analog feed service for another 5 years (up to 2012) if they >>> prefer, but they are not obliged to do so." >> >> You'd think a cable service could do what they like, it's their cable, >> not a broadcast signal. >> > In the U.S. the cable companies are regulated by the FCC. So they > can not do what they like - there rules they are supposed to follow. The FCC is too busy bending over for the prudes and the big media companies to actually look at technical issues.
