From: here@there.com   
      
   On 4/27/2012 11:45 PM, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > Analogue channels require hardware filters for every home that   
   > block/enable a range of frequencies (aka: channels).   
   >   
   > This shuffling may enable Rogers to free up a block of channels which   
   > will no lonegr require a filter since that block would no longer carry   
   > any analogue channels   
      
   I think it's a bit more than that. Rogers wants to dump analogue cable   
   altogether (why wouldn't they?). However, the CRTC won't let them while   
   they still have a sizeable customer base for analogue. They can't just   
   pull out the rug; they need to get that base down to an "acceptable   
   minimum" first.   
      
   So for years, Rogers has been trying to tempt those customers onto basic   
   digital. It costs the same but many resist it because of the   
   disadvantages (ugly set-top box, additional controller and inability to   
   record one program while viewing another).   
      
   By making this move, with a couple of "who cares" channels, there's an   
   implied threat that this may be just the start. It's coupled with an   
   offer of a converter box for free. So the thinking goes: "Perhaps when   
   Rogers finally removes stations that I care about, the box won't be   
   free. So I may as well get one now even if I don't plan to use it"   
      
   So, "smart" customer (like me, I fell for it) goes on line and orders   
   the box .... absolutely free like they say, including delivery. And now   
   he's officially a digital customer, not analogue.   
      
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