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ccbb088 · by **ccbb088** on Tue May 25, 2010 8:17 pm

I've heard rumors that the FCC is trying to totally get rid of over the air broadcasts, is that true? That means everybody would have to subscribe to cable or satelite. Talk about taking away more freedom.......

73PopTop · by **73PopTop** on Tue May 25, 2010 11:28 pm

I'm sure cable and sat companies would like this, but I don't think this would fly (no pun intended) for the masses. I don't think most folks can spend $50-$100/month on TV/internet. Anyway, I'm looking at antennas right now so I hope your wrong. I wouldn'd mind FTA satellite if I could pick up the local broadcasts, but that requires receivers for each TV and is an additional source of phantom energy loss (from what I've heard..trying minimize energy usage) OTA seems like the way to go. My neighbor who been off of cable TV for 11 years thinks so ($50 * 12mo = $600 * 11yrs = $6600! if my math is right)

ProjectSHO89 · by **ProjectSHO89** on Wed May 26, 2010 4:19 pm

ccbb088 wrote:I've heard rumors that the FCC is trying to totally get rid of over the air broadcasts, is that true? That means everybody would have to subscribe to cable or satelite. Talk about taking away more freedom.......

No, that is absolutely false. Either someone is jerking you around or feeding you a line of BS.

What is afoot is a proposal to "recover" some more spectrum, possibly from UHF channels 45-51, to use for expanded broadband service. It's only a proposal right now.

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