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jc100
join:2002-04-10
2 edits | reply to Corona
Re: Don't these people have relatives?
Earth to Corona, is anyone home inside? Obviously not. The fact that the DTV website is in many languages is not the point. The point here is ELDERLY PEOPLE, ARE NOT INFORMED. Why, well older people tend not to understand the changes that take place. Sure, the website is in various languages. PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Does that not click? I highly doubt 70 and 80 year old senior citizens are tech savvy enough, when people 50+ aren't. That is all fine and wonderful to reach younger people, but you still run into the problem of elderly people of ALL BACKGROUNDS and NATIONALITIES getting there to read it. I only see TV ads in English, too. Hence, if Asian Grandma who doesn't speak English doesn't understand what's going on she's out of luck. The same literally for all seniors who might not understand the change. Does that hit home, or no? I'm guessing no.
As per the government getting faster internet, I am for increased broadband penetration. HOWEVER, that is optional. Read this word slowly. O-P-T-I-O-N--A-L. With a national broadband policy, PEOPLE ARE NOT FORCED to have broadband. Any improvements made to the system are not ones that require much change, anyway. All changes are on the isp side. If you get fiber, the most that might need done is an upgrade in your modem. Quite simple. Hell, the ISP will come in and do that for you. When it comes to DTV, this is NOT OPTIONAL. Hence, those who don't understand what is going on will be out of luck. There's no TV guy visiting everyone's house to say here's why your signal doesn't work, like an ISP would do with broadband. Not to mention those living in retirement communities that aren't labeled as single dwellings will be forced to buy the equipment on their retirement checks.
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Corona
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Well, it's available in all the following languages, how much more education about it do you want?
* Ahmaric
* Arabic
* Armenian
* Assamese
* Basque
* Bengali
* Bosnian
* Bulgarian
* Canadian French
* Chinese Simplified
* Chinese Traditional
* Cornish
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* Estonian
* Farsi
* Finnish
* Flemish
* French
* Georgian
* German
* Greek
* Guj
* Haitian Creole
* Hausa
* Hindi
* Hmong
* Hungarian
* Index2.php
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Japanese
* Kannada
* Kashmiri
* Khmer
* Korean
* Kurdish
* Malayalam
* Malaysian
* Marathi
* Mongolian
* Nepali
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Punjabi
* Romanian
* Russian
* Samoan
* Sanskrit
* Somali
* Spanish
* Swahili
* Tagalog
* Tajik
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Urdu
* Vietnamese
* Welsh
And, speaking of "optional" and what the government should and shouldn't be doing, aren't you one of those people that bitch and whine and complain about how the US is ranked 13th in some study about broadband penetration and should "do something" about it?
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
1 edit | reply to TKJunkMail
Can you be any more of an asshole and bigoted? So you now make assumptions that ALL ASIAN families stick together and watch out for their elders? I guess all white people do too, seeing how we love tossing our seniors into nursing and retirement homes. What happens to these people, by the way? They don't live in single family dwellings, yet many own televisions. I know, the nursing / senior home should be responsible for sorting it. That's what their kids and Medicare pay them to do, right? Babysit. Seriously Junk, did you miss the line that said BRAINS somewhere on your journey into life? As per the social and special interest agencies, THEY ARE USING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO TRANSITION TO START. Personally, the GOVERNMENT shouldn't be forcing anyone to make changes to their technology. It should be optional. Seeing how it isn't and our tax dollars are "hard at work", they have a responsibility to educate people about the change. | |
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