Punch cards

[Alan]

> 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.