toplevelpot
yes it is, no I don't share
join:2008-04-19
Los Angeles, CA |  We've known for how long now?
If you are just starting to get ready for the dtv transition, I feel no pity for you.
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"Sir, I protest! I am not a merry man!"
AT&T you're FIRED!!! |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| This Program Deserves To Fail
Since when is it the taxpayers' responsibility to guarantee peoples' "right" to watch TV anyway? If people who watch TV care enough about the long-overdue DTV transition, they can go take care of this themselves.
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Blagojevich / Madoff 2012! |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
 ·Hollis Hosting
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·Fairpoint Communic..
| My not be a big deal
Hard to tell if this is really an issue or not.
Expired coupons get recycled.
Impossible to tell how many folks opted to get a new TV rather then converter box.
My understanding is there was a recent bump in requests leading to concern coupon program is underfunded. My guess most folks who want a coupon have already requested one. The next big bump with likely occur Feb 17, 2009 where the 10% who are not paying attention get a surprise.
/tom |
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spamd
Premium
join:2001-04-22
Rockford, IL | Nuff said!!!
Read above posts... |
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spamd
Premium
join:2001-04-22
Rockford, IL | reply to pnh102
Re: This Program Deserves To Fail
Can't wait until Feb 17 gets here. So we can stop wasting money and time on this issue. |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
·Hollis Hosting
·Verizon Online DSL
·Fairpoint Communic..
| reply to pnh102
Coupon program is not taxpayer funded.
As part of the digital TV transition FCC auctioned UHF channels 52-69. Auction generated billions in revenue. To compensate people for making analog TV obsolete a small portion of this revenue is being used to fund the coupon program.
/tom |
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| Outrageous
I have advice for anybody who turns on their TV after this D-Day conversion and it doesn't work: Go buy another TV out of your own pocket.
Why is the government so desperate to make sure everybody has TV anyway?
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition." |
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danny9
Go Ahead, Make My Day
Premium
join:2002-07-14
Clinton Township, MI
clubs:
 ·VoicePulse
·Comcast
| reply to pnh102
Re: This Program Deserves To Fail
said by pnh102  :Since when is it the taxpayers' responsibility to guarantee peoples' "right" to watch TV anyway? If people who watch TV care enough about the long-overdue DTV transition, they can go take care of this themselves. Agreed!
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VoicePulse 07/29/04 |
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BinaryXtreme
join:2004-04-20
Sparks, NV
·Charter Pipeline
| reply to pnh102
I totally agree. Isn't television entertainment? Why not government coupons for me to go to the movies and play miniature golf. Oh yes, bowling and golf certificates should be mandatory too. Not to mention that this is pretty clear. If you can't understand the conversion, let me give you some advice.
1. Turn off your television.
2. Unplug it from the wall.
3. Get a rubber mallet.
4. Start bashing yourself in the head with the mallet. That is your new free form of entertainment. Also, don't worry about any brain damage from the head blows because it really doesn't make a difference when one has no thought process to begin with. |
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tc
@sbc.com | simple
Just change the T&C to include "while supplies last". No need for more funding... |
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Doug45
join:2002-08-27
Wheaton, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| Overblown
Another headline to grab attention. Read the article: there is enough cash for 51.5 million coupons. Even though 44.9 million have been requested, only 18 million have been redeemed with 10.8 million still in circulation that could be redeemed. What they don't tell you is that the coupons expire, so that would mean the remainder (44.9 requested - 18 redeemed - 10.8 in circulation = 16.1 expired) are expired.
So even if all the 10.8 million in circulation are redeemed, there would still be enough money to cover 51.5 - 18 - 10.8 = 22.7 million coupons.
This is just another entity looking for more cash whether they need it or not. |
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ShadowMastr
Master Of All Shadows
join:2001-09-01
Fort Pierce, FL
·AT&T Southeast
·Comcast
·CenturyLink
| reply to BillRoland
Re: Outrageous
said by BillRoland :I have advice for anybody who turns on their TV after this D-Day conversion and it doesn't work: Go buy another TV out of your own pocket. Why is the government so desperate to make sure everybody has TV anyway? How else are they going to 'program' society to be dumb and uninterested in the affairs of the world?
As long as the general population is more concerned about who the next freakin american idol is going to be, or which movie star is boinking who, or how many unreal 'reality shows' can be watched, they can't be concerned with the economy, or notice that they have to work 60 hours a week to barely survive and pay their multitude of bills, and looking for ways to get out of that rat trap.
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Follow Your Bliss -- Joseph Cambell
I reject your Reality and substitute my own! -- Adam Savage, Mythbuster |
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rdmiller
join:2005-09-23
Richmond, VA | Not everyone who owns a TV actually watches it
"as many as 8 million households are still unprepared"
7.4 million probably never turn their TV on. They have never seen any of the several million PSAs and won't miss anything of importance when Feb 17 rolls around. |
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John Galt
Forward, March
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
·CenturyLink
| reply to tschmidt
Re: This Program Deserves To Fail
said by tschmidt :Coupon program is not taxpayer funded.As part of the digital TV transition FCC auctioned UHF channels 52-69. Auction generated billions in revenue. To compensate people for making analog TV obsolete a small portion of this revenue is being used to fund the coupon program. /tom What Tom said...
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AMDUSER
Premium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
clubs: | reply to spamd
I've got a better idea, how about we turn off the analog right now. If they haven't prepared by now, the people with analog OTA probably will not be ready come Febuary. |
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DrModem
Premium
join:2006-10-19
USA | reply to rdmiller
Re: Not everyone who owns a TV actually watches it
I live in a bowl that blocks all OTA signals (TV, Radio, Cell, everything)
I have no need for a converter, and even if I wasn't in this bowl I don't watch TV since most of it is garbage anyway. |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs:
·VOIPo
| reply to AMDUSER
Re: This Program Deserves To Fail
said by AMDUSER :I've got a better idea, how about we turn off the analog right now. If they haven't prepared by now, the people with analog OTA probably will not be ready come Febuary. Agreed.. Cause if they cannot afford a $49 set top box, then maybe they need to be out working and not sitting around watching TV. |
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| Stop Complaining !!!
American Taxpayers are not paying for this, it is funded by spectrum auctions that have already generated billions for the Fed so they will make a big profit from the transition.
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Capitalism is competition, if you don't have competition then you don't have capitalism.
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megarock
join:2001-06-28
Saint Louis, MO | now...
enough has truly been said. Much of what is on TV is garbage so who cares! |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
1 edit | Seriously
Just get friggin cable or a dish already. |
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