My CableCARD confusion

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Bob - the point is that you can get a cable box from anyone and your
cable provider must provide you with a card to stick in there. that way,
you can get a tivo, or slingbox, or appletv, or anything else that could
be made 'cable card ready' and be connected to your provider's network.
so, starting in july, the cable companies must allow you to provide your
own set top box, provide it is cable card ready.

Jason

[email protected] wrote:
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> As I may be one of the least hardware-oriented members of this list,
> I'm hoping that people here can clear something up for me. One of the
> top subjects on my blog is the various federal mandates, and we have
> one coming up in July. That's the one forbidding cable companies from
> deploying set top boxes with integrated security features, essentially
> mandating CableCARD-enabled STBs. I know one of the professed goals of
> this change is to allow consumers to buy their own CableCARD access
> devices and take them with them when they switch providers. What
> confuses me is that only a microscopic fraction of the public
> currently has CableCARD devices, or, indeed, CableCARD-compatible TVs.
> How do these new STBs the cablecos will have to start deploying work
> with all those non-CC TVs out there? I have to report on this stuff,
> so it really would help if I understood it a bit better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Colby
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Bob,

I am not an expert on the new rules but here is my take:

The rule forcing cable companies to use cable cards in their STB's
will remove the ability of the cable company to drag their feet in
supporting cable cards. It will also even the playing field -- all
devices will have access to the same features and functions. Cable
companies will not be able to only provide a feature to their box and
ignore the cable card users.

My two cents...
Jeff

On 5/7/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> As I may be one of the least hardware-oriented members of this list,
> I'm hoping that people here can clear something up for me. One of the
> top subjects on my blog is the various federal mandates, and we have
> one coming up in July. That's the one forbidding cable companies from
> deploying set top boxes with integrated security features,
> essentially mandating CableCARD-enabled STBs. I know one of the
> professed goals of this change is to allow consumers to buy their own
> CableCARD access devices and take them with them when they switch
> providers. What confuses me is that only a microscopic fraction of
> the public currently has CableCARD devices, or, indeed, CableCARD-
> compatible TVs. How do these new STBs the cablecos will have to start
> deploying work with all those non-CC TVs out there? I have to report
> on this stuff, so it really would help if I understood it a bit better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Colby
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So who will be policing the Cable companies to make sure they comply? The
big question is what penalties will be given if this rule is not in place?
States such as NY already have so many rules and laws that currently are not
enforced so it will surprise/amaze me if this new rule and its impact on the
industry will ever be felt. These big guys are usually able to march to
their own drum.


On 5/7/07 7:16 PM, "Jeff Odell" <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Bob,
>
> I am not an expert on the new rules but here is my take:
>
> The rule forcing cable companies to use cable cards in their STB's
> will remove the ability of the cable company to drag their feet in
> supporting cable cards. It will also even the playing field -- all
> devices will have access to the same features and functions. Cable
> companies will not be able to only provide a feature to their box and
> ignore the cable card users.
>
> My two cents...
> Jeff
>
> On 5/7/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> As I may be one of the least hardware-oriented members of this list,
>> I'm hoping that people here can clear something up for me. One of the
>> top subjects on my blog is the various federal mandates, and we have
>> one coming up in July. That's the one forbidding cable companies from
>> deploying set top boxes with integrated security features,
>> essentially mandating CableCARD-enabled STBs. I know one of the
>> professed goals of this change is to allow consumers to buy their own
>> CableCARD access devices and take them with them when they switch
>> providers. What confuses me is that only a microscopic fraction of
>> the public currently has CableCARD devices, or, indeed, CableCARD-
>> compatible TVs. How do these new STBs the cablecos will have to start
>> deploying work with all those non-CC TVs out there? I have to report
>> on this stuff, so it really would help if I understood it a bit better.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Colby
>> ================================
>> Switchover Scenarios: Tracking the DTV Transition
>>
>> http://dtvswitch.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
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I don't know the enforcement provisions of the FCC rule. I am sure an
individual customer could lodge a complaint with the FCC. Once enough
complaints were lodged, the FCC would probably investigate.

There is some weasling out of the rules going on now James. Charter
was just granted a 1 year limited waiver to the rule, in effect giving
them until July 2008 to use STBs that support cable card. A couple
smaller cable companies also were granted waivers for a limited amount
of time.

Another article shows that Comcast was denied a waiver request but
Cablevision was granted thier waiver.

Link for Charter waiver:

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6439336.html

LInke for Comcast waiver denial, Cablevision waiver acceptance:

http://www.lightreading.com/document.as ... 3&site=cdn

Jeff

On 5/8/07, James Healy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> So who will be policing the Cable companies to make sure they comply? The
> big question is what penalties will be given if this rule is not in place?
> States such as NY already have so many rules and laws that currently are not
> enforced so it will surprise/amaze me if this new rule and its impact on the
> industry will ever be felt. These big guys are usually able to march to
> their own drum.
>
>
> On 5/7/07 7:16 PM, "Jeff Odell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
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> > Bob,
> >
> > I am not an expert on the new rules but here is my take:
> >
> > The rule forcing cable companies to use cable cards in their STB's
> > will remove the ability of the cable company to drag their feet in
> > supporting cable cards. It will also even the playing field -- all
> > devices will have access to the same features and functions. Cable
> > companies will not be able to only provide a feature to their box and
> > ignore the cable card users.
> >
> > My two cents...
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 5/7/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >>
> >> As I may be one of the least hardware-oriented members of this list,
> >> I'm hoping that people here can clear something up for me. One of the
> >> top subjects on my blog is the various federal mandates, and we have
> >> one coming up in July. That's the one forbidding cable companies from
> >> deploying set top boxes with integrated security features,
> >> essentially mandating CableCARD-enabled STBs. I know one of the
> >> professed goals of this change is to allow consumers to buy their own
> >> CableCARD access devices and take them with them when they switch
> >> providers. What confuses me is that only a microscopic fraction of
> >> the public currently has CableCARD devices, or, indeed, CableCARD-
> >> compatible TVs. How do these new STBs the cablecos will have to start
> >> deploying work with all those non-CC TVs out there? I have to report
> >> on this stuff, so it really would help if I understood it a bit better.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Bob Colby
> >> ================================
> >> Switchover Scenarios: Tracking the DTV Transition
> >>
> >> http://dtvswitch.blogspot.com
> >>
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