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Member since August 22, 2006

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    Scott Bone

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  1. Comment - EchoStar to End Distant TV Service

    (Aug 23, 2006 - 5:57 PM)

    No I cannot get these distant channels of Direct TV... SHVIA does not allow my grandfather status to be portable.

    And why should I have to qualify for Distant signals... if they are available, I should be able to buy them.

    >>Yes this is a forum to comment on the news, but your comments are wrong and sound like crazy conspiracy theories. I'm just pointing out what this is really about, there's no censorship going on here period.

  2. Comment - EchoStar to End Distant TV Service

    (Aug 23, 2006 - 8:28 AM)

    I know what the law is and I am in complience with the grandfather clause.

    Personally I think the law is retarded and am writing my Congressmen to end this unfair protection of the local stations.

  3. Comment - EchoStar to End Distant TV Service

    (Aug 23, 2006 - 8:26 AM)

    I am being censored by tghe government... I can listen to any radio station I choose over the internet from LA to NY, why not TV?

    I am a former broadcaster and have a B.S. in Radio TV and Film, so there is no need to lecture me on advertising.

    Not being able to get distant signals is no different than having the government tell you that since you live in Chicago you cannot read the Ney York Times.

    And isn't this a forum to comment on news?

  4. Comment - EchoStar to End Distant TV Service

    (Aug 22, 2006 - 7:22 PM)

    The same logic can be said that if I live in Chicago, it should be illegal for me to read the New York times.

  5. Comment - EchoStar to End Distant TV Service

    (Aug 22, 2006 - 7:20 PM)

    This is nothing but censorship on the part of the US government.

    The technology is available for me to watch any channel from anywhere in the US, but the government says that I can only view certain stations.

    Why is the government protecting this archaic form of broadcast television when technology has definitely passed it by?

    Wait another year when streaming television shows becomes even more viable… will the broadcaster and the government try to stop that too?

    Plain and simple, if I lose my distant signals, NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX can go screw themselves… I’ll stay with the non-broadcast channels.