• Consumer Reports, Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:15 AM

The Consumers Union charges that while the cable industry has been assuring cable customers that they won't be affected by the switch to all-digital broadcasts, "apparently that's not the case."

The CU says it has been getting complaints from across the country that cable companies are using confusion about the forthcoming transition--which applies only to TVs with antennas, not to TVs with cable--as a chance to boost the bills of their existing cable customers.

"The government must [require] cable providers treat their subscribers fairly. We support proposals that push cable providers to cut rates when they cut channels and to install set-top boxes for free for cable customers who need them to watch channels they used to receive."

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