People just don't get the point of this DTV thing.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: October 17, 2008 12:26:26 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: Hatch Wants FCC to Take Steps Now to Avoid  
DTV 'Cliff Effect'

[Note:  This comment comes from reader Mike O'Dell.  DLH]

From: Michael O'Dell <mo () ccr org>
Date: October 16, 2008 9:00:21 PM PDT
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Hatch Wants FCC to Take Steps Now to Avoid  
DTV 'Cliff Effect'

People just don't get the point of this DTV thing.

The real purpose of the DTV transition is to kill-off
free over-the-air television.

first, encumber every
television so it is no less klunky than a TV with a
cable box, so there's no operational advantage for
using OTA programming.

second, pull the biggest flag
day since the ARPAnet went TCP-only, leaving analog
TVs stranded by the tens of thousands and many
otherwise-faithful DTV users out in the no-signal zone
resulting from the "all or nothing" nature of DTV
signals. (Technically not exactly right, but close
enough for Gubmint Work if you live in a fringe area.)

The local stations
who have nearly bankrupted themselves deploying the
mandated DTV capability will see viewership drop off
precipitously except for viewers on Cable, at which
point the cable companies will have the economic
upper hand, especially in the absence of "must-carry"
rules for DTV.

The local free OTA stations will
starve - some quickly, some slowly, a few maybe
not at all, but most will die a horrible, lingering
death.

and that will be the end of Free TV in the US

Howzat for juicy a conspiracy theory?

-mo
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