Reply #60: no, its because the government fucked up royally [View All]

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They mismanaged the coupon program so that as of Jan 5, the program was frozen. At present there are requests for 3 million coupons pending that can't be filled, even though only 20 million coupons have been redeemed and the program was budgeted for 33 million coupons.

Moreover, the government did a piss-poor job -- under the leadership of the repub FCC chairman and the repub head of NTIA -- of informing the public (1) that people should be rushing to get their coupons and boxes and (2) that people should hook up their equipment as soon as they get it to see if they need a new antenna or to adjust their existing antenna. Moreover, based on its test transition in NC, the government has known for months that more than 1 million people are likely to call the "help" numbers set up for the government -- but the outgoing fcc chair waited until early January to award contracts for running those call centers (even though bids for the contracts were solicited in September).

Let's take roll: Those who think extending the deadline is a good idea because of the last administration's mismanagement of the process: President Obama, Democratic FCC members Michael Copps and Jon Adelstein; former Democratic Chairman Bill Kennard. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller.

Who doesn't like the idea: republicans.