[icernet] A CAS Primer For Dummies

[Arul Selvan]

  All through the week, the government was on a communication overdrive, 
trying to remove uncertainties on whether the conditional access system 
(CAS) would be implemented in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai from 
July 15. CAS implications on pay channels, FTAs, and set-top 
boxes are being written about and hotly debated. Yet, no one has been 
able to say for sure how it works for the couch potato. Is it good or 
bad? Cheaper or more expensive? The real answers will take a few months 
to unfold. Meanwhile, heres a selection of frequently asked questions 
(FAQs) to help you decide on the governments case for CAS:

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