Originally Posted by Chris

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.