Reply #18: Those who benefit are mostly telecom companies.

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That bandwidth will allow more kinds of wireless communications, and you can be sure that Verizon and other companies are in line for it.

It also pays to consider who has stock in those companies. Some companies want the bandwidth; others have invested in ways around it. There's one, I believe, who's offered a product and is alone in the marketplace right now; once the DTV changeover happens, a competitor is expected to use part of that bandwidth to challenge that company. The longer the first company is alone and unchallenged, the more complete its market penetration will be, and the greater the payback.

Note that those with cable and satellite don't have to buy a new tv. We have neither, and yet we didn't. Our DVD player died last year and I found a got one with a converter built in. It's what we use.