| I don't agree... Unfortunately, some say that the fact that the city is so ready could mean that it’s not the best test city. Only seven percent of the city is using an analog-only signal which is a much lower rate than in other parts of the country. Isn't it better to do a city that is only 7% on analog as a full test of the transition?
Would you really want them to go to a rural area 5 months before the real cut over and cut off even more people that don't know the transition is happening that soon, much less in February?
It would be better to see on a small scale what needs to be done before February rather than to do it on a large scale and not be prepared to deal with tons of people that don't know what's going on, rather than a few. So that you can learn from small mistakes and issues when it comes time to cut everyone over. Instead of possibly having to rollback the test market.
Seems logical, but the opposition probably comes from the broadcasters still trying to get the February 2009 date pushed out. The last thing those people want is a successful test 5 months early. |
