Craig Birkmaier wrote: >At 10:21 AM -0400 10/28/05, Mark Aitken wrote: > > >>When analog >>goes away, as a nation that depends on the timely dissemination of vital >>information (like where the hurricane will land, where the tornado will >>touch down, where the blizzard will dump the load, where/when the next >>terrorist event ... etc.), how will Americans continue to have access to >>wireless (which TV Broadcasting was designed to be :-J) information >>without paying a direct fee? >> >> > >It's called radio. > > And you can take radio with you into the car or with a hand held device. It would be nice to be able to do that with TV. It would surely make for a more compelling argument for public safety. Bob Miller > > >>Think this through, and if you are truly committed to making a >>difference, what have you been doing to make it happen? Really? Talk is >>cheap... >> >> > > >Hmmmmm... > > >Seems that I have been there exposing this fraud for what it is, for >more than a decade. This forum has been one element of that process. >I spent a great deal of my own money to participate in the ACATS and >ATSC standards processed, and the MPEG standards process. I provided >extensive editorial coverage of all of these issues, and help >Sinclair to get the message out about the whole 8-VSB versus COFDM >battle, both through my articles and via the OpenDTV forums at NAB. > >Unfortunatley, I did not have the power to get my minions in Congress >to gut the entire DTV transition by slipping in a bill that rendered >the whole thing meaningless, only three months after the FCC launched >the transition. That my friend was done by the folks we pay tribute >too ever year in Las Vegas... > >Broadcasters. > >Regards >Craig > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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.