Digital or Bust

just a brief word about the Digital TV conversion in Feb 2009......... RAPE

Here is the link for the FAQ's re: the mandatory conversion to digital, that will take place in Feb '09

http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#faq1

In a nutshell it says...that if you have over the air TV now.....that means, if you use an antenna or rabbit ears.......you will need to convert to digital by the conversion date....if you alreay have cable or sat....your cable or Sat company will be all digital by then...oh you say but they already offer digital...you are correct.....and this mandate by the FCC says that YOU WILL subscribe to one of those digital packages offered by your cable or Sat company on or by the conversion date.....WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT......

Or yet another way to look at it is.....if you want to watch TV, you will pay what the Cable or Sat company wants to charge you....or get ready to watch a lot of nothing....that's right...they are in control and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it......or is there????????

I'm sure there are some enterprising young minds out there who could come up with a way to bypass those digital boxes.......and get the feeds for free....what's that you say, it's stealing...au contraire...the signal is out there for anyone to intercept.....it's just that the Cable and Sat companies have the money to harness it and bring it into your home...but if you the consumer...found a way to harness it also, well, you would be just like the cable and sat companies......I for one will be preusing the Net for these methods.....hello Gov't...you cannot make me pay to watch TV...you may TRY to make me pay but unless you are going to come to my abode and steal my hard earned cah, it won't happen, if I can help it

Now some of you are probably saying, "I get digital now, and it's not that expensive"..oh really....50+ dollars a month isn't expensive NOW but just think back to when Cable and igital started, how much did it cost.....do you really think the price is going to remain where it is now once Feb '09 rolls around? Oh but Tom, the Gov't will control pricing....DOH!!! who do you thing is caving to the Cable and Sat companies NOW for this bogus conversion....think about it.....