[BC] HDRadio

[Scott Fybush]

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 08/05/2006 11:22:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> kwinrich at gmail.com writes:
> 
>> No, not at all.  Give me life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and
>>  guarranteed TV?  Sorry I dont see where I must pay for people to get their
>>  TV.
> 
> Well, we don't get very much say in how Uncle Sam spends our taxes, so that's 
> life. "Remember in November" and vote accordingly.

Except that the theory behind the subsidized DTV converters is that it's 
NOT tax dollars, Kent's or otherwise, paying for them. They're supposed 
to be paid for out of a portion of the revenue generated by selling off 
the "out of core" spectrum freed up by the DTV conversion.

IF it really works out that way (and I have my doubts, given the way the 
last few auctions have gone), then I rather like the idea of having a 
DTV converter box (or three) funded by the sale of "my" excess spectrum. 
I can certainly think of a lot of other things that money could pay for 
that I wouldn't enjoy nearly as much...but that would belong over on the 
AF list, right, Barry?

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