Upton’s Town Manager Blythe Robinson advised a major change is coming for all Charter Cable TV subscribers on October 14, 2014.
Charter will be switching to all digital, closing out their analog TV channels.
What does this mean for you? If you connect your television directly to the charter cable and are not using a cable box you will no longer be able to receive any channels. Customers will be required to hookup through boxes.
According to Robinson, Charter is required to notify all subscribers 30 days before this happens so residents have the opportunity to obtain additional boxes to service television. Robinson said the Town has already been notified of the change for their accounts.
UPTON DAILY 
free Country? Where are our rights to choose? Lower my taxes and I might be able to afford a cable box…!
I’ll be getting rid of cable tv and will watch tv only through the internet along with getting rid of my land line.
Do you know if this means that I’d need an additional 5 boxes to the one I already have? How does this relate to when Comcast comes in?
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Every tv will need its own box at $6.99 per month per box.
Is it possible to get some competition in Upton against this Charter Communications monopoly?
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And this means that after the 1 year of “free” use of your new digital receiver, you’ll have to pay an extra $6.99 a month for the device.