Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Mike Ross:

 GM> DX my foot! Digital is going to destroy just about everything
 GM> outside of the area that currently gets absolutely perfect analog
 GM> reception.

Yep!

 GM> I'm tempted to think the aim is to drive people away from "free to
 GM> air" and onto cable and satellite. OTOH it seems a damnedly
 GM> expensive way to do it....

Sure.  But the folks who run the media will make out like bandits.  Look at
the sort of thing you can get on satellite radio or some of the cable
"music" channels,  where it's continuous music,  as compared to
the absolute *crap* that's on broadcast radio these days.  I don't care
what station it is,  it's all the same crap,  "formats" and such
nonsense,  them telling you all the time how terrific they are while
stomping on the stuff they're playing,  not to mention all the commercials
and the other nonsense.

I used to listen to the radio all the time,  almost always had some kind of
music on.  And now I haven't had one on in months at least,  and don't
particularly miss it.

TV is not all that different,  you either put up with loads of crap or you
pay for the privilege of not having to.

Not to mention that when they finally do shove all that digital stuff down
our throats and do away with analog broadcasting entirely,  then there will
be all that much more spectrum for the politicians to "auction"
off and collect yet more money from.

The money is what it's all about,  really.

There are way too many folks out there who'd like to see most of us paying,
not just to buy a copy of music but to pay for the privilege of listening
to it at all,  or to watch any tv at all,  and pay per view,  pay a monthly
bill, it doesn't matter...

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