Actually we own a bit of spectrum from Auction 49 and would like to use it so I want the deadline to stick and I was making a joke about my emails having any affect. Face to face contact with most of the FCC didn't do anything either. Having spent a lot of time in DC I can believe almost anything can happen there as long as it is illogical and perverse. Bob Miller On Nov 16, 2007 4:40 PM, John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No, they haven't delayed anything; you just got ahead of the facts. They > tried to encourage stations with transmitters out of the core to give up > their channels, but that was a non-starter. > > Nobody that I've talked to in broadcasting in the last two years thinks that > the deadline will be extended. My customer would like that to happen, at > least for 6 months, so he can buy up some cheap unneeded transmitters on > Ebay. > > You, I believe, are confusing the unenforceable deadline (85%) with the > first true deadline, in otherwords, a hard one. > > So, you think your emails will delay the transition? That's some what > self-aggrandizing, even after the fact. And, which side are you on? It > seems to me that your positions are internally inconsistent. Are you > unhappy that you didn't come up with that $1,000 in time and are now trying > to keep others from using their sandbox? > > No Bob, you are deluded; all the congresscritters care about is spending the > money. Note again my comment on the budget. > > John Willkie > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En > nombre de Bob Miller > Enviado el: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:28 PM > Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Community Broadcaster's Association wants converter > boxes to handle analog, too! > > > Your right, there will not be time. The January auction will not be > done till August when final payment by winning bidders will be due. > September to February will not be enough time to delay this thing. > > Google looks to be in big time as of today. Other media companies as > well and a bit of inside stuff says that AT&T is going to be there as > well planning on "broadcasting". Remember that in 2000 when this > auction was supposed to take place the predictions were for a take of > $100 Billion. UK and Germany came in just before the US auction was > canceled at $35 and $45 Billion which prompted the $100 Billion US > estimate. Now pundits are talking of $15 Billion sans 54, 55 and 59 > but I would be surprised at anything less than $50 Billion. > > Inflation since 2000 would make the UK's $35 Billion $44 Billion and > Germany's $45 Billion $55 Billion and a possible US $100 Billion $120 > Billion. Subtract 54, 55 and 59 and the "NEW RULES" proposed by Google > for the "C" block and you still have $75 Billion. $50 Billion should > be conservative. > > Why do I think they might delay the end of analog broadcasting again? > Because they can, have done so a number of times in the recent past, > three or four times including 2000 on this spectrum alone, and because > any number of things could happen that could give them an excuse. > > For example someone on the "Hill" could read one of the many emails I > have sent to them all and realize that the whole transition is headed > for disaster and decide to stop it on a dime and revisit the whole > thing. That could happen right? > > Bob Miller > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.