So what is so magic about television that IT must be the way to spread the word in cases of emergency? What percentage of television owners even have an antenna available to them? I don't. My parents don't. My brother doesn't. Neither does my sister. Should we each have one? Does the government recommend one? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen W. Long" <longsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > At the time, several people told me I did not understand what was really > going on - ATSC was a perfect solution if you wanted OTA television to > fail, which means everyone would switch to cable and satellite, then all > of > that UHF spectrum could be sold off to cell phone companies. I told such > folk they were too cynical. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.