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X-WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554`)(#5 DA 971225 ă  yx\ dddhy  aE#G\  P6G;YP#News media information 202/4180500 FaxOnDemand 202/4182830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov  X-#Xj\  P6G;+XP# CABLE SERVICES ACTION ă`7(## June 11, 1997 ă  Xi -   COMMENT IS REQUESTED ON MOTOROLA'S REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF ITS   BROADBAND DESCRAMBLER EQUIPMENT AS CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT FOR S  "hA COST RECOVERY PURPOSES  X$ -  X - +    oThe Commission has received an informal request for a declaratory ruling from Motorola asking  X- "the Commission to treat Motorola's broadband descrambler equipment, included in its HomeClearTM  "Zproduct offering, as customer equipment for cost recovery purposes. Under Section 76.923 of the  " Commission's regulations, cable operators can recover from subscribers the cost of customer equipment, such as converter boxes and remote control units.  + oMotorola asserts that its descrambler equipment, which would typically be located outside a  "customer's residence, and not inside where set top converter boxes are otherwise located, provides  "Zconditional access to programming in analog cable TV systems, just as a set top converter would.  " Specifically, Motorola asserts that the costs of its broadband descrambler unit of HomeClear should be  "recovered directly from the subscribers because: (1) the equipment is located on the consumer's  "residence at or near the wiring demarcation point and although not conclusive, such location is a clear  "indication that HomeClear is the type of equipment Congress intended to be treated as customer  "premises equipment; (2) HomeClear serves the same function, conditional access for programming, as  "Ya set top converter and will often replace the consumer's set top boxes for multichannel TVs; and (3)  "Ypermitting the cable operator to recover the costs of the broadband descrambler from the customer is essential to maintaining competitively equal treatment with set top converter boxes.  + oComment is requested on Motorola's request for a declaratory ruling asking the Commission  "hto treat Motorola's broadband descrambler equipment, included in its HomeClear product offering, as  "customer equipment for cost recovery purposes. Interested parties may file comments by July 11, 1997 and reply comments by July 28, 1997. X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8: