As the cable industry ramps up its migration to digital TV, confusion mounts with some cable customers seeing basic cable channels disappear from their analog packages.
I expected some sleight-of-hand from cable operators during the DTV transition. Consumer groups and regulators need to keep watching the cable franchises, to make sure customers get the same or better services during and after the transition.
I am looking forward to this as RCN is adding a ton more HD channels and the first SD converter box is free with more at 4 bucks/month...so not as bad as $7 for time warner the author cites