FCC MAKES RULING
The FCC made a ruling regarding the switchover of analog to digital on February 18th, 2009. Because the FCC estimates that there are currently 40 million households still receiving analog service, provisions were made that those customers should still receive that service until at least the year 2012. Therefore, cable companies must receive digital signals over the airwaves and then convert them to analog for consumers. The cable industry has launched a $200 million dollar ad campaign to reassure customers.
APPROXIMATELY 1.33 MILLION AFFECTED BY BACKUP TAPE THEFT
A computer backup tape was reported stolen from a Ohio state intern's car back in June. The initial response on how many were affected was incorrect, and since then the number of people who's personal data was stolen rose an addition 67,000. Tax payers information, state employees, and business data were stored on the backup tape. Screw-ups like this makes me want to buy stock in companies such as Intelius.
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analog cable technologies will never fully go away. Especially with the mentality so many people have "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Many people cannot even afford to go fully digital. Others would rather not because they just began to understand their analog systems. In other cases they act as backups for when the digital system fails. This is a very good point. Keep on posting!
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