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Originally Posted by Solinari
I don't think that's true. It's only a terrestrial TV signal and the engineer was the one that told me about it. I don't think this has anything to do with the analogue service and the phasing out of it, the terrestrial TV signal is carried through the cable and does not require a set top box.
I doubt reporting a fault would do anything anyway, it must be affecting other people as well. I doubt i am doing anything wrong, it's a terrestrial signal and gives me nothing other than 1 to 5. The TV signal is carried on my broadband cable that goes in to the cable modem, i am sure everyone that has cable broadband will find they have a terrestrial TV signal too, i would appreciate if someone could tell me if they have this problem with channel 5.
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I'm afraid it is true.
The fact the engineer told you about it doesn't mean it's part of the added value of the service. In fact, at any point, without notice, an engineer installing cable for one of your neighbours could decide that he needs the tap that's currently feeding analogue 1-5 down your line, and disconnect you in order to provide them the service.
I used to use the cable for precisely the same purpose you now use it - simply for analogue 1-5, but when I eventually decided to subscribe to digital, the analogue signals were cut off by the engineer doing the install because he needed the tap.
Incidentally, everything comes down the same cable; analogue, digital, telephone and internet.
The sudden degradation in channel 5 on your line won't be related to the eventual analogue switch-off on cable, however Homealone is quite right, Virgin Media is now undertaing its own analogue switch-off programme and you will find, fairly soon, that all five analogue channels you're currently getting will vanish from your cable.