brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL |  Yes
Where is my money! Give me your tax money ;P |
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arck1969
join:2006-11-27
Apple Valley, CA | Cable is not a luxury
I guess Cable TV is no longer considered a Luxury. When are we going to get it for free?  |
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clecssuck
join:2002-01-23
Birmingham, AL | Get out of my pockets
Yet another waste of MY tax money |
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coupon
@jpmorganchase.com | Yea right!
They give us 2 -$40 coupon when the device would cost us more than that. Not only that, tax is NOT INCLUDED. |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
3 edits | No need
EDIT: Oh Well, I already have HDTV via over the air so I don't give a rats pitute.
Could have sworn the headline said Cable, but I have the tendency to go blind for periods of time.
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Matsayz
Premium
join:2005-02-08
Tucson, AZ | How much are the boxes?
i mean if its two $40 coupons per household... and whos the lucky schmuck who makes the boxes collecting all this money at the end of it all? |
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guesswho
@jpmorganchase.com | Yea Right! Go the hell
They give us (2) $40 coupons when the device would cost 2 times more than that. Furthermore, if you subtract the sale tax, that would be less than $40. I would rather they reduce my income tax instead. |
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bobny1
join:2004-09-10
Bronx, NY | reply to clecssuck
Re: Get out of my pockets
Lets do the math!...$40- cap.gaintax-fccfee-regulatoryfee-localfee-overtheairfee-misc.fee= $10.  |
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justbits
More fiber than ATT can handle
Premium
join:2003-01-08
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
2 edits | DVRs/DVD players disqualified!?
For example, consumers could not use the coupons toward devices that contain digital video-recording capabilities or DVD players.
And how many bottom feeders are there going to be that want to just provide a tuner box with no DVR features? This definitely eliminates TiVo and possibly even DVR tuner cards for your PC. Look out for a flood of cheap and crapy tuners. *ugh* Get ready... everybody will have to upgrade their firmware for these devices next when they mandate a change in the ATSC broadcasting standard. |
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manfmmd
Premium
join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs: | reply to coupon
Re: Yea right!
Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth. You shouldn't be getting anything at all.  |
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kitsune
join:2001-11-26
Sacramento, CA | reply to arck1969
Re: Cable is not a luxury
This isn't for cable. It's for OTA(Over-The-Air) Broadcasts. In other words what you receive via antenna. If you have a TV with a built-in HDTV tuner then this would be useless to you (i.e. the majority of Digital TVs sold today). |
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UHF
All static, all day, Forever
Premium,MVM
join:2002-05-24
clubs: | NOT cable TV
It's to convert over the air Digital TV to work with older analog only sets.
You must meet certain income requirements to get the money. |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
·Fairpoint Communic..
| Who wants to start a web site with me
We'll redeem the 40.00 coupons for 20.00 cash, and trade them in to uncle sam for 40.00. We'll get RICH! Remember, most people won't even use them, let's make sure we're all republicans here, and we soak the government for all it's worth!
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
·Comcast Formerly ..
| This is NOT for CABLE!
But if the cable companies were smart they would grab on to this as a great marketing ploy.
They should leave the analog signal on the cable and sell a low cost analog only tier.
They could advertise "Your TV still works with cable TV". |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
| reply to dslwanter
Re: No need
Once again, this isn't for digital cable, this is for OVER THE AIR BROADCASTS.
These coupons apply to the set top boxes needed to pick up a digital over the air signal, and pipe it into your good old fashioned analog TV, like my lovely 27" CRT (or even a digital HDTV that doesn't have a digital tuner built into it).
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to b10010011
Re: This is NOT for CABLE!
Yes, but analog Cable TV? Eww. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| reply to manfmmd
Re: Yea right!
You are right. We shouldn't be getting anything at all. This is a complete and utter waste of taxpayer funds.
Why the rushed move to digital? What's wrong with Analog? How many of us really watch analog broadcasts anymore anyway? Most of us are using Satellite, Cable or OTA Digital signals....and the people who are still using analog will eventually have to upgrade when the analog broadcasters can no longer survive in the marketplace and have to go digital...why is government strong-arming OK in this case but not others?...because we need to stimulate the economy by promoting yet more mindless spending by the consumers?
You wanna give away vouchers, how about a $40 coupon to a health club for our collective lard-filled ass? |
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Mad Mac
join:2003-03-10
Moorpark, CA | reply to PolarBear
Re: This is NOT for CABLE!
Just to add another angle to this, I understand that the cable companies can only "downconvert" a digital signal to analog with the consent of the broadcaster, so analog cable may also end in 2009. |
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tpac_man
join:2007-02-27
Riverbank, CA | reply to brianiscool
This is B.S
What a great way to waste my hard earned money.... and best of all... I don't even qualify to receive the coupons... I hate this crap that the Government is doing. Bastards! |
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NowVOIP
In the beginning there was POTS
join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Yet another example of your tax dollars....
at work.
Good god! We give them food stamps, and they drive caddie's. We give them low income housing, and they wear new clothes everyday. We give them a 2 $40 coupons for a digital converter, and they will find a way to rob the system with those too.
Ladies and gentlemen...Your tax dollars at work! |
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