[opendtv] Re: New DTV Coupon Applicants Heading to Waiting List
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:43:00 -0800
I just can't wait until these fools get their hand deeper into medical care.
Can you?
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de James Albro
Enviado el: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:47 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] New DTV Coupon Applicants Heading to Waiting List
New DTV Coupon Applicants Heading to Waiting List
Government waiting for funds from expired coupons to become available before
shipping out new ones.
Jan. 05, 2009 - by Jason <http://www.cepro.com/community/bio/junger> Unger
New applicants for the government-issued $40 DTV coupons will be placed on a
waiting list and served on a first-come, first-serve basis, the NTIA
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/DTV_WaitList_090105.html> announced.
The measure comes as a response to the $1.34
<http://www.cepro.com/article/government_running_low_on_40_dtv_coupons/>
billion budget for the coupons being reached, just months after the
government reportedly ran
<http://www.cepro.com/article/government_running_low_on_40_dtv_coupons/>
out of postage funds to mail them.
"Households need to consider all of their options and act now to be prepared
for the February 17 transition to digital television," says NTIA acting
assistant secretary for Communications and Information Meredith Attwell
Baker.
"We are working with Congress, the incoming Administration and other
stakeholders to ensure everyone is prepared for the transition and no one is
left in the dark."
New coupons will be mailed as funds from expired coupons become available,
as only 52.5 percent of the requested coupons have been redeemed.
So far, more than 24 million households have requested more than 46 million
coupons, according to the NTIA. Of that, more than 18 million have been
redeemed and 13 million have expired.
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