According to my parents (who upgraded to digital service this past week), the installer told them that sometime next month will be the end of Comcast’s analog cable service. More precisely, the only analog channels left will be the local-broadcast channels.

So far, there doesn’t appear to have been any public announcement of this. Anyone who has not upgraded to digital service at the time of the shutdown will suddenly find themselves with very little to watch, and an overwhelming desire to commit acts of violence against Comcast corporation.