I agree, "demand" is much to strong. The remainder of your posting is self evident. No one believes that reception will be ubiquitous but it could be made better with very little effort. The FCC mandated this system using certain performance expectations, which should be met as part of the "deal". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.