Yearly TV Licence? ...Really?

[marion11111]

Did somebody say their parents are already using the convertor box?  My mom has two 
that I bought her with the coupons, but I thought we had to wait until next February to 
hook them up.  If they really are working now, I'll stop over to her place this week and set 
her up.

And Carol, I can't beleive you missed all those ads on TV.  They showed them nearly every 
hour on network television.  They generally showed a senior citizen talking about how next 
February the government will convert all signals to digital, etc. etc. 

I bet you can still get the coupons - just do a Google search for TV convertor box.  You 
sign up and can have up to two coupons sent to your address, then pick up the box at 
Radio Shack or Best Buy.

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Annemehr: 
> > My parents don't have cable, and they got a converter free with the
>  coupon the government was sending out (but there was a limited supply
>  of those coupons -- they're probably all gone by now).
> > 
> > In any case, the converter is much, much cheaper than cable, and my
> mom and dad tell me they pull in more local channels than they ever
> did with regular analog -- and the reception is absolutely perfect for
> each of them.
> > 
> > Of course, what channels anyone would get would depend on where they
> live.
> 
> Carol responds:
> In the U.S., do you mean? Wonder why no one ever told me about coupons
> for free converters! No one else of my acquaintance has them, either.
> Do you mean that the cable companies will all go broke or change to
> Internet providers because no one will need their services and a lot
> of people spent money on satellite dishes for nothing?
> 
> And where can I buy a converter box? (Radio Shack?)
> 
> Carol, more confused than ever about the switchover
>