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Anthony Weiner: “I think that, in fact, it is very important that we do make this transition. But do have two competing safety…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
I think that, in fact, it is very important that we do make this transition. But do have two competing safety imperatives. One is the imperative of when this bandwidth is then used for emergency responders, which is not going to happen immediately. It's going to take a little time. The other is our obligation to the citizens of Illinois and New York immediately. They are going to lose the most important connection to the outside world and to emergency response, the television. And unlike when your channel, your knob is a little crooked, when we go to digital television, it's going to go completely black. And a lot of people rely on the television to get that kind of information.
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Anthony Weiner
New York
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Discussing the transition to digital television and its impact on emergency response and citizens' access to information.

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