Politico wants to move up DTV deadline

calidan · Oct 18, 2005, 09:56 PM

WASHINGTON--A chunk of radio spectrum would be freed up by late 2006 or early 2007 for first responders and those interested in easier deployment of broadband networks, if one senator gets his way.

That requirement could appear as an amendment to a draft digital-television bill currently scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday, said Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican. The existing bill calls for a "hard deadline" of April 7, 2009, by which all analog broadcasters must give up their piece of the spectrum and switch to all-digital transmission.

"Can we really afford to wait until 2009 to transfer this spectrum?" McCain said at a Tuesday morning policy event here hosted by the New America Foundation. "I don't think so."

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calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Politico wants to move up DTV deadline WASHINGTON--A chunk of radio spectrum would be freed up by late 2006 or early 2007 for first responders and those interested in easier deployment of broadband networks, if one senator gets his way. That requirement could appear as an amendment to a draft digital-television bill currently scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday, said Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican. The existing bill calls for a "hard deadline" of April 7, 2009, by which all analog broadcasters must give up their piece of the spectrum and switch to all-digital transmission. "Can we really afford to wait until 2009 to transfer this spectrum?" McCain said at a Tuesday morning policy event here hosted by the New America Foundation. "I don't think so." __________ Read More / Source: News.com