

We're totally confused, but this is what we can gather: Comcast told some dude in Baltimore that if he wants to watch four local affiliate stations, he has to cough up serious cash to upgrade to digital cable.

So the guy doesn't take this lying down – he writes a strongly-worded letter to the Baltimore Sun, whose consumer interest columnist, Dan Thanh Dang, forwards the complaint to Comcast.

Comcast confirms that the company is indeed transitioning a few affiliate channels from analog to digital. Okay, so we've gotten that far. But then, Comcast says, the dude doesn't have to upgrade to digital at all. He can just lease a converter box for $3.95 a month.

So it turns out, they were totally joking about that mandatory upgrade for local TV.

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