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I wish we could break the ties with paying for TV reception, but we're stuck in a rut. Sat TV is not as compressed as cable. The HDTV is beautiful on sat. Cable is crummy......FIOS...Fiber is magic!!!
Unfortunatley there are a number of folks who are still using antennas in rural areas or, as stated here, someone needs a TV signal in a bedroom and doesn't want to get strapped for another cable/sat box rental.
Then there's a public safety issue, that most folks will get the message in case of a national emergency. Cell phones and the Internet will be useless in another 911 type of situation. We can't say that it's not going to happen again.
A lot of analoge stations have signed off and are digital only. The FECES sold large blocks of spectrum to other entities, and in the larger metro areas, THEY want to occupy what's rightfully theirs, so the FCC has authorized many analog stations to sign off.
Fred
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