[EAS] Adding "open" set-tops to EAS

[Ed Czarnecki]

One of my biggest concern with the FCC's original proposal was the prospect
of trading my $231/year home device that is **fully supported by the cable
operator**, for some $200-$500 unsupported box with third party apps that
would probably end up having to be replacing every other year.  Oh, and
inevitably manufactured - and with apps developed by - overseas entities
(probably Chinese) ... feeding all my viewing habits back to some foreign
server.  Oh and with apps developed by folks (possibly overseas) with
absolutely no real understanding of CAP or Part 11 requirements.  What could
possibly have gone wrong with that plan?

If the gov't was concerned about Huawei devices in telco/cable plant, what
would their reaction have been to 10 million Huawei STBs right in the home?

For the new proposal though, I still have concerns about app development by
folks with no EAS understanding.  Been there, done that already.  What could
possibly go wrong with the new plan?

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Dave Kline

WOW!

The only thing worse than having the government break up a monopoly, is to
have the government try to force competition. Fortunately, that won't
actually happen under this proposal.