Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: johnk@opel.com (John Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Cable TV vs Telco Connectivity Laws Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 14:49:05 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Kennedy Organization: Second Source, Inc., Annapolis, MD Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 209, Message 6 of 11 Does anyone know of localities where the cable TV companies are required to provide signal to a demark rather than pretending to know where the cable is routed within the house? Around here, the cable companies want to account for and charge the subscriber for each piece of equipment connected to the cable. It seems that cable legislation is a few years behind that for the telephone industry. Have there been any cases involving a subscriber who has, say, an entire house wired for watching the output of a VCR, yet the incoming cable is attached to only that one device, the VCR? Is there legislation afoot anywhere that is attempting to modernize this? John Kennedy johnk@opel.COM Second Source, Inc. Annapolis, MD