"a station's signal" is somehow in that section? It's one of the closest characterizations I have seen of that section, but one cannot take it down to a single station's DTV signal. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Shutt Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 8:43 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: CEA To Back Ferree TV Wow, someone actually read 47usc309! Amazing! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> > That plan, developed under Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree's > leadership, would count all cable subscribers as digitally served by > local broadcasters, even if they don't have a digital set and their > only access to local station's digital broadcasts are cable signals > that have been "downconverted" to analog. > > The FCC's plan would let nearly all cable customers be considered > digitally served almost immediately. A 1997 law states that > broadcasters must return their old analog channels to the government > when 85% of U.S. homes are considered capable of receiving a > station's DTV signal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.