Mark Schubin wrote: >Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > > > >>Reuters says the 18 February 2009 date is a compromise >>between the 7 April 2009 wanted by the Senate and the >>1 January 2009 originally wanted by the House. >> >>Now it goes to the Presdident. I assume he'll rubber stamp >>it, and then? What's to stop it after that? >> >> >> >> >Congress, just as they stopped the auctions they'd previously mandated >for no later than September 30, 2002. > >TTFN, >Mark > They stopped them in 2000 and in 2001 also before they stopped them in 2002 or at least most of them since they did auction off 54, 55 and 59 but of course they didn't let anyone actually use them. 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.