[opendtv] Re: Kennard and Powell to the rescue
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:16:13 -0500
Bob Miller wrote:
> The same guys that brought you a last minute re-affirmation
> of 8-VSB, the receiver mandate and subsidies for converter
> boxes (and the converter box program itself) now have some
> advice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/opinion/09kennard.html
> Further delay.
>
> Thinking outside the box again. Who would have thought that
> further delay was the answer?
> The logic being that those who made the mess somehow might
> know how to fix it?
Apples and oranges, Bob.
This delay is NOT caused by 8-VSB. This delay is caused by only one main
factor, and that factor would still apply even if we had DVB-T:
Making the transition happen, countrywide, in the blink of an eye.
My advice to the FCC is to take this request for a delay as an
opportunity to reschedule how the transition should be made. Doing it in
one fell swoop, no matter what the date, will create the same sort of
hand wringing and last minute stage frights.
Bert
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