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Well satellite TV is just another monthly bill I don't need as is cable.

I must be the poorest darn freeper ,I can't afford another $70 or so a month to watch commercials.$50 plus taxes and fees for DSL probably more than I should spend but dialup at $20 kept the phone busy.

Do I get a free satellite dish and free monthly access?Or can I even buy a $100 dish antenna and basic receiver and then watch the free channels? How does that work when taking a tv to the picnic table in the back yard,or to a park shelter,or a beach? THAT would be comparable to the over the air tv I and millions grew up with and still rely? on. Cable tv should never have been part of housing assistance ,if it even is! And yes,since the airwaves are a public resource I and you should have an absolute right to listen to free broadcasts without being forced by the gov't to pay more fees. Americans fought socialism and tyranny in the 20th century and now embrace it.

Dammit! I am angry! Broadcast TV was not free,it is a profitable use of the rf which served and still serves a purpose.

And if 4 or 5 signals can be squeezed onto one existing rf channel then I say one of the VHF allocation blocks ought be used to send HDTV over the air to rural areas. There are 12 VHF tv channels.If 4 of the 480 line signals can be put on each channels then a block of three like the present 2,3,and 4 could carry a dozen programs,matching the pre DTV systems. Even if the entire channel 7 through 13 block is used for wireless internet that is only a 72 mhz bandwidth,which is tiny compared to the bandwidths avalable on Ghz frequencies.

Incidentally Ch 12 here BRIEFLY offered a internet booster service where your dial-up acted as your upload and downloading was via a special receiver and antenna using the "excess" capability of the HDTV transmitter.I think it lasted less time than the TeleLink service of about 1980(which was another info service piggybacked on the analog TV signal.) Spectrum auctions are a dishonest way of justifying the selling of a renewable resource to pay for bloated gov't;there will never be enough money for gov't. It must be restrained or it will consume all.