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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:33 PM Original message |
We the People own the public airwaves. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. How are you being hurt from the conversion? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Analog TV signals are FREE to receive. WiMax will not be. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You can get a certificate for 2 free converters per address at the FCC! |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And what if the digital stations come in like crap like mine do? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You need a converter box or cable or satellite. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yes, I have the fucking converter box. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Have you called those stations and inquired? My understanding was none of them have switched yet. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Let me guess. You have cable or satellite, right? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No shit Sherlock... I already said that and no; I boycott all PAY TV. n/t |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. This reallocation is not unprecedented |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. OK, so how much are we getting in this new auction? |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Here's some more about it |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So we are selling our public airwaves for about the cost of one month in Iraq? |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. A regular indoor antenna should work adequately |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. How in the hell am I benefiting from having to buy a new antenna? |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well, I know that $10-20 is going to absolutely kill your wallet... |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You want "access to more broadband technology"? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Change is hard, no reason to keep using 1930s era technology |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What is the more productive technology? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. More productive technology is fitting several channels into the same |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Which consumers are going to benefit from what technologies? |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Here I come to save the day... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It costs money and it's not reliable |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Corporations control our country, not we the people. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Change works both ways, you know. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Who gets far better picture quality and reliability? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. That's so naively Old American. In Imperial Amerika, the Subjects own NOTHING. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. So what exactly does your cute little rant have to do with us joining the rest of |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It has to do with debunking your cute, archaic nonsense about We the People owning the airwaves. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Tell it like it IS. |
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