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Old February 15th 09, 04:48 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default The digital rip-off: your help needed

who are you? wrote in news:gn50s4$fuj$1
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:03:31 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:
Hello everyone,

Bill Wright here. Please have the patience
to read this! You could really help us achieve something worthwhile.
The digital rip-off: your help needed


Welcome to the debate between Capitalism and Socialism!

Do you regulate the industry to keep free TV?!, or are we using
capitalism as a tool of communism once the industry is consolidated to
one or two world-wide corporations under republican control?



From what I read, I think this gentleman is speaking about the transition
to digital OTA in the UK.

And also, if I recall correctly, there is no free TV in the UK. The
goverment charges a TV tax for each individual set.

But, if your (not you specifically) in the US, and still don't understand
the switch-over, or unaware of it, then you've (not you) been living
under a rock for the past two years.

When 'they' were talking about pushing back the switch-over until June, I
couldn't believe it. After 2 years of bombarding the TV viewing public
with banner adds running on top of TV shows, commercial after commercial
talking about this, the FCC web site about it, and generally having this
info constantly shoved down your throat day after day, after day, after
day, for that entire two years, if you (not you) don't know about it, or
not ready for it....WTF !?