Charter said it costs $40 to $50 to include a...
Charter said it costs $40 to $50 to include a CableCARD and CableCARD interface in set-top boxes, a figure that is somewhat lower than previous FCC estimates (http://xrl.us/bodect). But that cost can spike when including such interfaces in set-top boxes…
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that support downloadable security, Charter said. The company has asked the commission to waive a requirement that it include CableCARDs in some set-top boxes while it deploys a new downloadable security technology. “The reason for the significant differential is that the technology and price of the box for which Charter seeks a waiver have been built from a non-US set-top with integrated security to which downloadable security has been added. Redesigning the device to include a CableCARD is one cost element, it said. It also “increases costs even further by removing the development base of a set-top box in use outside the US and the pricing discipline that comes from the availability of a competing world market,” it said. “To be able to afford the costs of this transition and upgrade ... Charter needs to take advantage of the more efficient and less costly downloadable security devices that do not include an unnecessary CableCARD and card interface."