CAS - condition access system

India
January 18, 2007 6:15am CST
hello frenz alot has been talked bout the intoduction of CAS and its effects on the cable channel providers wit respect to benefit of the subscribers.. everyone requested to kidly post somethings bout wat is this condition access system,how it works and will anybody really benefit by this latest tech or is it just the publicity gimmick attended by our local "SYSTEM"
2 responses
• India
24 Jan 07
hi abhi nice to see you on mylot...... CAS or conditional access system is a good move by the govt that will ban the monopoly of cable operators its a simple system wherein you pay just for the channels you are ggoing to watch, and not as per the cablewala pules......the system consists of an access box known as the set-top box which will have the info about your account and control the input of the tv.......you have to pay a fixed amount as rental which gives you some(about 60 i think) free-to-air channels, and if you want the pay channels then you have to buy then at a cost of roughly rs 5 per channlel.....the amount will go to the cable wala but he cannot demand more as you will get a printed bill from the company, also if u have a line defect u can just deactivate the account and switch to another operator by using the same set top box.......
• India
24 Jan 07
but wat bout areas lik andheri wer lobbying takes place is it possible to shift operators so easily???umm i guess its not dat easy
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
26 Jan 07
CAS is for people who see some channels which required to be paid separately, by using CAS clients would be able to select and pay for the selected channels and save money for the channels which they do not see.