Don't let the smooth
transition experienced in
Wilmington and other tests fool you, FCC member Kelly McDowell just returned from a
tour in
Afghanistan Alaska, Montana & Oklahoma, and he's seen things, terrible things. Things that have convinced him that the transition on February 17, 2009 "will be messy ... but we will get through it" when over the air broadcasts go
all-digital. Hopefully there's enough time (and money
left in the budget) to take care of any problems -- the General Accounting Office recently found that regulators are unprepared for the demand of consumers in need of help switching.
