Watch and listen CAREFULLY about what's going on in the world of Radio and Television right now.
Under the guise of "...NOT ENOUGH BROADBAND AVAILABILITY..." the F.C.C. is trying to further compress the television band down to only 30 channels nationwide (2-31) from the current setup of channels 2-51. And we have THAT MANY NOW because of the excuse of "public safety concerns" and the like...that's why you still had some TVs sitting around that had dials going up to either "69" or even older units that went up to "83."
It's all about "controlling the message" and that's it.
If you're able to ONLY get your source of information from either the satellite or cable, that means you have to PAY to get what they want you to have.
Don't pay on time? You're unplugged.
If someone doesn't like the message, then there's that many FEWER spigots to try to turn off.
Free OTA Television is simply that. Free and
Over
The
Air. No one to turn off your information. More, free choices available to you.
But, if the wonks at the F.C.C. get their way, it may look good, but there will be less of it...or less choices available in all areas of the US.
As for being able to shut down the internet...why would we, as the USA, ever have to consider something like that?
