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Originally Posted by Solinari
I seriously doubt i am not entitled to use my broadband cable as a source for a terrestrial TV signal, i don't think they could need the tap currently feeding 1 - 5 because as you said everything comes down the same cable. I can't see how they could stop 1 - 5 coming down the cable in order to provide someone else a service, that doesn't make sense.
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Doubt as much as you like - nobody is here to persuade you, or get offended if you refuse to believe what we're saying. But that's how it is.
You're not entitled to connect a TV direct to the cable because your TV is not 'authorised equipment'. The tech may have told you you can do it, and he was right, you can, and many people do, but that doesn't change the fact that technically it's not allowed.
The tap in the street cab can be deployed by a VM tech to supply any VM service to any other house in your locality. You may not like it, you may not see how it can be, but that's how it is.
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It is conceivable that Virgin will stop sending the terrestrial TV signal in the near future
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It's more than conceivable. They have a timetable, which is already in force. And it will cut off analogue cable in your part of the world sooner than the terrestrial signal will be cut. There's a thread with all the information in it, elsewhere on this forum.
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but i can't see how a problem with channel 5 flickering and sound cutting out every second can have anything to do with it.
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It almost certainly has nothing to do with it. But all the stuff I have already told you is the reason why you can't do anything about it.
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I subscribe to digital and i had analogue before that, because i had analogue the engineer that originally installed it many years ago tuned in 1 - 5 using the terrestrial signal that comes down the cable which uses different frequencies to the normal TV aerial, because of that i kept the TV tuned in to these frequencies. I can't see how i am not entitled to get 1 - 5 through my broadband or digital cable
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You're not entitled, because your TV is not authorised equipment. Only a digital STB, and analogue STB, or a cable modem is authorised.
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and if i am not then how would one go about getting the right? My guess is they can't because they aren't channels you pay for.
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You can't get that right. They're not selling analogue in your area any more. And just because you're entitled to receive the five public service channels, does not mean you're entitled to receive them via analogue cable when you're not an analogue cable customer.