When I called them yesterday, they claimed that I needed a cable box because of the move from analog to digital that is taking affect... BS! I have a brand new flat screen digital tv, by all accounts I shouldn't need any kind of cable box to convert the signal. The cable company is no doubt scrambling the signal the very same way they do with HBO, Showtime, and all the premium channels.
A couple of years ago, this same cable company lied about the internet connection... I wasn't able to connect to the internet and the cable tv at the same time, I had to choose one or the other in the room that the computer is in. They first claimed it was because I had a bad splitter, then they claimed it was because I needed a new modem... Neither was the case... Turns out THEY cut the strength of the signal, which is why I couldn't use the splitter, because THEY started charging customers extra to get the full signal, and called it The Boost option, something none of the bastards at that damn company mentioned when I called, or when I went to pick up a new modem, and they tried charging people for the new modems when they knew that the modem was NEVER the problem. The only notification I ever received about this change in service was that they were putting limits on the size of incoming and outgoing emails.
I filed a complaint with the FCC about the tv service... Gee, a response won't take long.
