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Originally Posted by kgoerz
Who ever it comes from it's still a wast of money. How come they didn't give free Money out when DSL/Cable INTERNET came out.
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I would guess that it was thought that the target audience (those still receiving broadcast T.V.) would be the poor and the elderly (currently there is a proposed change to the rules to allow more than two units at addresses such as retirment homes) and quite probably that the demand would not be that great and that it would provide some voter support.
If you buy a T.V. with a digital tuner you no longer require a converter box.
DSL and Cable internet don't propagate over free space...and were an addition to.. not necessarily a replacement of...
Congress continually trolls around looking for spectrum to sell off. They found out it was an easy way to make a bunch of money to hand out to constituants. That started with the narrowband-mandate for Federal users.
If you have a 3G cell phone or advanced wireless system, chances are it is operating in spectrum that used to be used by Feds who were required to vacate.
My .02