tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123387818716665710.post685333889823763092..comments2023-09-15T04:29:21.106-05:00Comments on Norm's Flat Panel: The End of Broadcast TVNorman Hairstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483780552567247916noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123387818716665710.post-8483755029378825022015-04-16T13:49:15.697-05:002015-04-16T13:49:15.697-05:00It's starting! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/...It's starting! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/technology/local-broadcasters-could-reap-billions-in-airwaves-auction.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article<br />Norman Hairstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483780552567247916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123387818716665710.post-54691121663063520272013-01-11T12:39:03.186-06:002013-01-11T12:39:03.186-06:00HONEY BOO BOO ? Yep the TV with Legs & Knobs &...HONEY BOO BOO ? Yep the TV with Legs & Knobs & "ears" is gone,<br />by way of the UHF Converter. But, the Information Highway,<br />for entertainment ? I heard the phrase a long time ago, , ,<br />THE DUMBING OF AMERICA Where are we gonna get out future techs ?<br />Like us ! There won't be anything to take apart to see how it works !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123387818716665710.post-81151169608075081802012-10-01T08:58:54.860-05:002012-10-01T08:58:54.860-05:00Back when satellite dishes were yards across and w...Back when satellite dishes were yards across and were thousands to install, I read an article that described them as the "State Flower" of West Virginia. The point was that for the first time, people in very rural locations could get TV and even those of modest means were willing to pay huge amounts for access. Today, those same consumers might be better served by providing internet access rather than free "Honey Boo-Boo".<br /><br />The FCC was given $4.5 Billion out of the Stimulus funding to expand rural internet access and aims to have universal access by 2020. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/fcc-rural-internet-access_n_1821478.html Norman Hairstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483780552567247916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123387818716665710.post-55178610876259758622012-10-01T01:11:08.602-05:002012-10-01T01:11:08.602-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.8traxrulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806438280120550963noreply@blogger.com