[mythtv-users] Lost Clear QAM on Boston Area Comcast

[Kirk Bocek]

On 3/24/2010 5:57 PM, Rusty Nelson wrote:
> I did a rescan with my HDHR and it looks like they changed all the
> channels on me.  I'll rescan through Myth and i guess it should work.
> Thanks Bill.  This whole thing may hasten my move to Fios.
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com
> <mailto:bogstad at pobox.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Rusty Nelson <rustymtb at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rustymtb at gmail.com>> wrote:
>      > As of today, it appears as though I've lost clear QAM on all of
>     my tuners.
>      > I can only seem to get the digital (non-HD) local network
>     channels.  Has
>      > anybody else seen this or is it just me?
>
>     Not yet.  Although I did get the 'letter' from Comcast in my last bill
>     telling me that only Basic Cable channels (essentially re-broadcast
>     OTA) would be available in clear QAM soon.  I believe the cutoff date
>     was sometime in May.  Perhaps somebody jumped the gun in your area?
>
>     Bill Bogstad

In my area (North of San Francisco), Comcast went through a period where 
they moved all the digital channels around before turning off most of 
the analog channels. Since the cutoff, the digital channels have been 
pretty stable. This is a different issue from the ClearQAM encryption 
process.