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Re: QAM channels on RCN



 Tom Metro <[hidden email]> writes: 

> Care to share the full lineup that is in the clear via QAM? 

The ones I found a few months ago when I last scanned were: National 
Geographic, ABC, NBC, FOX, WENH/WGBH, CBS, ESPN, NESN, WSBK, CW, and 
TNT.  I probably need to re-scan to see if some of the recently added 
HD channels, like ESPN2HD, are encrypted or not. 

> Unfortunately, because a minority of the users rely on such reception, 
> there is little guarantee that they'll continue to provide those 
> channels unencrypted in the future. It'll never happen, but ideally 
> I'd like to see a provider put it in writing that they'll provide 
> their lineup of non-premium channels in unencrypted format. 

Yeah, I think that will never happen. 

>  -Tom 

-derek 
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