The FCC should approve Adams Cable Equipment’s CableCARD waiver, said Sweetwater...
The FCC should approve Adams Cable Equipment’s CableCARD waiver, said Sweetwater Cable TV, a small cable operator that wants to buy refurbished boxes. “The integration ban nearly tripled the price we pay for new entry-level SD set-top boxes and also…
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significantly increased our cost for HD and DVR devices.” Sweetwater said it would support boxes that customers bought at retail from a refurbisher when they're able to confirm a chain of custody for the box. With Adams’ waiver granted, Sweetwater customers “could purchase a set-top box from Adams for less than what they pay to us in rental fees for in five months, for a box with no greater functionality,” the operator said: “We would be happy to ‘lose’ that set-top box revenue in order to have happier customers” who would then have more money available to spend on our video and other services.