[dorkbotdc-blabber] DTV Coupon program is broke

[Navid Rahimi]

it looks like the switch over might be delayed...

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6627776.html


Navid

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Dorkbot DC <dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org> wrote:

> There are people out there that cannot do much else because of physical,
> cognitive, or social issues. TV is a necessary resource to keep these folks
> somewhat connected to village life, not to mention emergency bulletins. TV
> can be a vast wasteland, especially for those of us with large swaths of
> information forage. Not everyone is so lucky and it's these folks who can
> wrest a higher quality of life from this wasteland.
>
> Alberto
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> On 1/7/09 11:56 PM, Bjorn Westergard wrote:
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>> If just one person decides to do something else instead of watch TV
>> because of this, it will be a net good in my book. As a sign of government
>> suckage though, yes, annoying.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Justin Sabe <justin.sabe at gmail.com<mailto:
>> justin.sabe at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>    pirate analog TV! anyone have a pink bus or a Coke pitching AI?
>>
>>    On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Andrew Q Righter <q at theqlabs.com
>>    <mailto:q at theqlabs.com>> wrote:
>>     > Each customer was allotted 2 (two) coupons! How much are
>>    converter boxes,
>>     > and why were they allowed to double up? If this gets any worse
>>    come March
>>     > '09 I say we'll need some collaboration among the tech
>>     > groups/companies/organizations of D.C. to do some fund-raising
>>    for our D.C.
>>     > neighbors who can not afford such prices.
>>     >
>>     > Unfortunate. :/
>>     >
>>     > *starts work on the "DIGITAL RABBIT EARS" project* lol
>>     >
>>     > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Alberto Gaitán
>>    <alberto.gaitan at gmail.com <mailto:alberto.gaitan at gmail.com>>
>>     > wrote:
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>>     >> This is just f*ing great...
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>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-pols-hit-panic-button-as-dtv-coupon-program-goes-broke.html
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>>     >> *uck
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