I've done a couple of implementations, it's complicated but not that hard .... I think there were a couple of issues - the cable companies liked the revenue str

I've done a couple of implementations, it's complicated but not that hard .... I think there were a couple of issues - the cable companies liked the revenue stream from renting you boxes. Mostly though cable crypto is dominated by two companies who provide the head end equipment and who for a long time provided all the settop boxes - they didn't want to lose that lockin so while they were mandated to provide cable cards they weren't all that happy about it