[opendtv] Re: [opendtv]

Tom;

Unfortunately, this kind of funny-money scheme is specifically forbidden if
one wants to stay within the federal anti-deficiency act.  The bureaucrats
learn another trick: spend all of your annual budget allocation, even if you
waste large parts of it, because if you end up with a surplus, your budget
will be cut the following year, since you ended up with more money than you
needed to do your job.

John Willkie

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Enviado el: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:10 PM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: [opendtv]

And I think only a bit more than half the coupons sent out are actually 
redeemed.  If they assumed no more than even 75% of outstanding coupons 
would be redeemed then it seems they would be safe sending out maybe 
another 4 million (resulting in < 3M more redeemed) and still be within 
budget yet no longer have the waiting line excuse for delaying the 
transition.

- Tom

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> 
>>> So far, 24 millions sold, with coupons and outright.
>>>
>>> That's a pretty huge hit.
> 
>> Where did you get this number?
> 
> Oops, it was a different thread, in the same time period, which you
> already responded to:
> 
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> [opendtv] Plenty of DTV converter boxes left, study finds
> 
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:56:12 -0500
> 
> http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901071
> 
> After some shortages in the first quarter of 2008, when only 1.3 million
> converter boxes were sold, retailers made some changes to their supplier
> roster, Moore said. As a result, shipments of converter boxes increased
> by 49 percent in the second quarter, another 64 percent in the third
> quarter and nearly 100 percent in the fourth quarter, according to
> Moore.
> 
> "While the Congress works out the last-minute issues surrounding the
> waiting list for government coupons, the NTIA [National
> Telecommunications and Information Administration] program has resulted
> in sales of nearly 20 million coupon-eligible converter boxes," Moore
> said. "And our research shows that as many as four million additional
> boxes have been sold to consumers without coupons."
> ---------------------------
> 
> Bert
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