Re: Confusing AP Article is Widespread

TJ wrote:
> Jer wrote:
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>> That's true, I forgot about that, the EM spectrum which will be used 
>> to improve communications for first responders.  Perhaps you prefer 
>> they continue using stuffy old equipment too?
>>
> 
> I wasn't aware that Google and Verizon, who were bidding on a part of 
> that spectrum, were first responders. Thanks for clearing that up.

Sorry for the confusion... I never said any particular company was a 
first responder - I simply said parts of the freed spectrum will be used 
to improve for first responders based on FCC requirements for how that 
spectrum is used by any company that can afford to.

> 
> I don't care what they use. Converters are being sold all over, so I can

> continue to use my stuffy old equipment if I want to. Cheap, too, if you

> know where to look - even without the government coupons. And yes, my 
> stuffy old equipment is working better than it did with the analog 
> signal - proof that it's still viable. The changeover is fine with me, 
> because I *don't* have to throw all my stuff out and buy new. But that's

> me, and I'm too cheap to pay the $20,000 that Time-Warner wants to run 
> cable the mile it would take to get it to my house. (That's not an 
> exaggeration. I looked into it.) I'm not being held hostage, and I 
> refuse to be held hostage by a cable company. I'd give up TV first. That

> would be my choice. The customers of the "small cable company" from the 
> OP's article *are* being held hostage, and I still maintain that many of

> them won't stand for it if they can find an alternative. It is, after 
> all, their choice - just as it was your choice to junk all the stuffy 
> old analog TV's you might have owned.
> 
> TJ


If you're so far outside the bubble that cable service is an issue, 
perhaps satellite service would be a better option.  They'll hold you 
hostage too, but they won't charge you $20K for the rent, and they'll 
let you continue using stuffy old analog TV's.


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jer
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