Jahntassa
What, I can have feathers
Premium
join:2006-04-14
Conway, SC
| Rip off the band-aid already
No amount of time will create a 'smooth' transition in this country. There will always be someone unprepared, someone uninformed.
The transition has been delayed too long already. Do the switchover. If people haven't figured out they need to do something by now, they sure will once they shut off the analog.
Maybe i'm biased since I understand technology, but really, how much more time does this need? Other than 'more time', what plan is there to make the transition more successful? |
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA
 ·voip.ms
 ·RoadRunner Cable
2 edits | Just get it over with.
I feel it's too late to start thinking about a delay. Just get the thing over with. The world isn't going to end on February 17th if there is no delay. There are some people who just won't do anything until their television sets don't work. On the 17th, when these slow-pokes see their televisions don't work, they'll head off to Best Buy and get their converter. It's time to move on and just enforce the current deadline. |
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rdmiller
join:2005-09-23
Richmond, VA | reply to Jahntassa
Re: Rip off the band-aid already
Concur. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| ...And
Since the transition will have no direct impact on their FiOS TV service, it might be beneficial to have a flood of people looking for TV service as a result. The transition might potentially create more customers for their TV service, which needs no development time before deployment, as it already exists. |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
·Charter Pipeline
| Deep financial impact if delayed
What this delay doesn't seem to take into account is that HUGE amounts of money has already been spent to obtain the spectrum. Delaying the ability for Vz (or whoever else) to recoup those losses will cause further issues down the road.
This is almost like closing on a house, but the title company is holding onto the keys because the previous owners still have a few boxes left to pick up.
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
1 edit | reply to Jahntassa
Re: Rip off the band-aid already
I agree. At this point I am all for ripping off the Band-Aid in one shot and getting this transition over with. No matter how much time the extend it, all the people will never be ready. Just do it and pick up the pieces where they may fall.
Heck, if enough people get disconnected from TV, the average intelligence for the nation may actually rise.
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gopnick
join:2005-01-07
Benton, AR | Ugh
You can't always hold back progress for the LCD. There will always be a segment of the population that has to trip over their own feet before they learn how to walk.
Make the darn switch, already. |
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socrplyr
join:2008-03-25
Canton, OH
| reply to jmn1207
Re: ...And
Actually on the FiOS TV side, they would probably like the delay. They are still deploying the service in many areas and they would most likely get more customers by having it deployed in more places than by any advantage they would by having it pulled tomorrow. For the most part those who are going to be prepared are and those who aren't aren't. Obviously this is just my opinion. |
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beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH
| First Time
I've read through comments on a news article and agreed with all of them. Shut the signal off, there will be some initial pain, and everything will be ok shortly thereafter. A large percentage of people who are not prepared today won't be prepared in 6 months either. They'll get prepared real quick once their TV's stop working. |
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DTVTransition
@rr.com
|  reply to DaSneaky1D
Deep financial impact if delayed
said by DaSneaky1D  :What this delay doesn't seem to take into account is that HUGE amounts of money has already been spent to obtain the spectrum. Delaying the ability for Vz (or whoever else) to recoup those losses will cause further issues down the road. I say delay it. We have bigger problems in this country then making everything all pretty on the big screen. If companies spent billions of dollars on this TV transition before a good majority of the people are aware, it's the companies own problem. If they spent money on this transition without knowing that a good percentage actually know what's going on and they and it gets delayed, they will be screwed, stuffed, and mounted. |
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IowaStudent
Premium
join:2008-08-21
Grinnell, IA
·Mediacom
 ·Iowa Telecom
| reply to burgerwars
Re: Just get it over with.
Exactly, I can't tell you how sick to death I am of seeing these adds especially on the cable networks. for, which there is nothing to do anyway at least until cable companies turn off the analog but that isn't happening for another 3 years for mandated channels. |
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stevek1949
We're not in Kansas anymore
join:2002-11-13
Virginia Beach, VA
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to beaups
Re: First Time
I do not feel that this is a FIOS issue. Basically, FIOS is getting their customer base from other cable/satellite systems. Anyone with a cable/satellite connection is not going to be affected anyway.
The issue that has surfaced is that the coupon fund has run out of money. Well, I personally know 15-20 people that ordered coupons "just in case" they ever wanted to add an analog TV set in the future. That is just a waste of the coupons and just another guvmnt handout.
There are people on the fringe on analog signal reception that will land in the cliff area on digital reception. And that is a valid concern, but not insummountable.
Let's get it over with. I am tired of all of the commercials. |
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older dog
Premium
join:2005-06-09
Norwich, NY
| reply to Jahntassa
Re: Rip off the band-aid already
The help with coupons had little to nothing to do with helping someone afford TV.
It was all about preserving the over the air market, and the benefits local news brings to the economy and culture of a region.
This whole digital transition should not have taken several administrations who I would say none of them did there job protecting local news broadcasters and their investments. |
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beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | reply to DTVTransition
Re: Deep financial impact if delayed
"We have bigger problems in this country then making everything all pretty on the big screen"
Exactly, so why is Obama wasting his time on it? Do the transition and move on... |
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wispalord
join:2007-09-20
House Springs, MO | GO AHEAD
People have been told for years, and its been delayd enough. Sorry but im tired of living in the stone age compared to the rest of the world. |
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stunod2002
join:2003-11-07
Carol Stream, IL
| Do it already
Any delay is just going to confuse the heck out of the already confused and then some. We (as a nation) have heard nothing but "February 17" for months now. Changing that to November 12 (or some other date that suits Obama) will only cause more confusion making an already difficult transition worse. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to DTVTransition
Re: Deep financial impact if delayed
A good majority of people are aware! This is ridiculous, only a tiny minority of TV watchers are unaware and are going to be negatively affected. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
| reply to DTVTransition
said by DTVTransition :said by DaSneaky1D :What this delay doesn't seem to take into account is that HUGE amounts of money has already been spent to obtain the spectrum. Delaying the ability for Vz (or whoever else) to recoup those losses will cause further issues down the road. I say delay it. We have bigger problems in this country then making everything all pretty on the big screen. If companies spent billions of dollars on this TV transition before a good majority of the people are aware, it's the companies own problem. If they spent money on this transition without knowing that a good percentage actually know what's going on and they and it gets delayed, they will be screwed, stuffed, and mounted. We have bigger problems than a few oldsters who can't watch matlock.
Kill it and let god sort them out. |
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mlundin
join:2001-03-27
Lawrence, KS
·Sunflower Broadband
·Comcast
| reply to rdmiller
Re: Rip off the band-aid already
Agree. The people who have procrastinated, fail to comprehend the situation, or have otherwise failed to take the necessary steps at this point will be the same people who remain at the end of any additional waiting period. It is only when the change is imposed that the last people will do anything about it. Some people will always have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the future. The sooner it is done, the sooner the kicking and screaming will end. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to jmn1207
Re: ...And
said by jmn1207 :Since the transition will have no direct impact on their FiOS TV service, it might be beneficial to have a flood of people looking for TV service as a result. The transition might potentially create more customers for their TV service, which needs no development time before deployment, as it already exists. You do relzie that the VAST majority of people that use OTA are in rural areas not service by cable and will never be service by FiOS either. Anyone that lives in an area serviced by FiOS also has cable, and satelite available to them. |
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