Chambers wrote:
> That's the main problem - the FCC has already auctioned off that 
> bandwidth, and now Congress is saying it's not going to be available for 
> several months!

Right. And all the people who installed equipment to use that bandwidth are 
now paying interest on it with no way to use it to make money to pay the 
interest. I guess that was the problem I heard about, misphrased by them or 
misunderstood by me.

> I think it was PBS that said delaying the switch would cost them 
> something like $40 million in electricity alone.  They are REALLY 
> looking forward to the lower power requirements of digital broadcast :o


Yeah. You look at some industries and don't realize how dinky some new 
industries like computer software really is. :-)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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