Well, we seem intent on subsidizing everyone else these days; maybe they could throw in the TV stations as well. Sure someone could justify it as an economic stimulus or needed subsidy. Millions of dollars - chump change!
Randall On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [email protected]> wrote: > That is in a nutshell what the problem is. > > However there is also another problem: > > Delaying the mandatory switch is going to cost TV stations millions of > dollars as they will continue to have to double transmit. (many have been > ramping up for this and have had two transmitters running, expensive) Also > the bandwidth that the police and emergency departments have been waiting > for will not be freed up. > > So they enter in to realm many of us find ourselves in all the time. > > Damned if we do, and damned if we don't. > > Stewart > > > At 09:55 PM 1/22/2009, you wrote: > >> Look, I admit to procrastinating on this (as I typically do, admittedly) >> but >> it seems like they are not really ready for this, for various reasons (see >> the Post article in, I believe, yesterday's business section). Running >> out >> of funding for the coupons is not the fault of those who waited. As >> always, >> those who will be most adversely affected are the poor, disabled and maybe >> throw in those living in rural areas. Those better off disproportionately >> have Cable or HD tv, so no need for coupons and converter boxes. >> >> Randall >> > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[email protected] > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
