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George

wrote:
first the stupidly mandated conversion is to digital tv not high def.
the content will be whatever the provider sends, and there are 25
standards varying from awesome to junk.

The marketing folks conveniently seem to forget that part with their HD
touts.

buy the best boom antenna you can afford severe fringe one to minimize
poor operation the sparles are followed by blank screen.

call your coongressmen today and complain before service is cut off.,
the whole thing was about selling the analog bandwidth for profit

The government always proclaim the fees they get from sprectrum
lotteries are profits. But isn't the "profit" just another hidden tax?
Lets say company "B" wins the spectrum lottery for the 700 MHz band and
they pay lets say $3 Billion for it. Won't the winners of the lottery
need to charge their users extra to recover the $3 Billion?