Please stop. I'm done with this.

Whatever. I'm done with this post and this board. There was no reason for all this hateful behavior.

Because their life sucks, they don't know how to escape it, so they go into escapism. Tv's, computers, video games, and cell phones are cheap enough that they can get them and get a lot of escapism out of it. I'm also talking about people who have been poor generationally. I'm not talking about a otherwise not poor person who just got into a spot.

I appreciate you trying to answer the question. I really do. Your one of like two people who has given a legitimate answer. Sincerely, you are one of the better ones but please just stop. I'm done with this post. I don't want to talk about this anymore after the behavior if most of these people.

Who the hell pays $200 a month for internet, especially in the city??

I would ask about libraries too if they were a commercial venture.

No. I never got a proper response. All I got was hate filled comments telling me how either poor people can't afford it or rural folk just can't get internet. That isn't most people. Most people aren't even watching OTA for over a decade or two. Most weren't even responses. They were just these hate messages blasted at me from the start. There was no reason for the behavior I saw from this board.

Telling me that there is poor people or people who live in rural areas isn't giving me an answer about the whole of tv land. Furthermore, I am being treated very badly from the start before I've even responded. Even if I was doing like you say, there is no reason for people to have such hate filled comments. I had to take down the post just to stop them.

The people on this board have been beyond rude and disrespectful. There is zero justification for this behavior.

Thanks for the reply. I know there is already a preexisting infrastructure, but Im still not quite sure how it gets the utilisation that makes sense. I would discuss it more, but I gotta close this post. I have no idea why I'm getting so much hate comments, but this isn't productive. I don't deserve this. I really do appreciate you though.

But you didn't. Not everyone can afford it, but that's not most people. Not everyone lives in the city, but most do. Furthermore, OTA depends on advertiser revenue. If these people are that poor, what money are they making?

Exactly what it says.

I take back what I said. I have no idea why I am being treated this way.

I can understand it being economical if there is a critical mass already there and waiting. Like twenty years ago I could understand this. Now that doesn't make as much sense. You have to get a FCC license, get a building and tower, get the equipment and stuff. It's not a trivial thing and takes a fair bit of investment. Streaming over the internet is basically just renting servers from amazon. Maybe it costs more with a large viewership, I don't know. OTA costs the same for one viewer or two million viewers. But factor in the inconvenience of setting up an antenna, maybe like a tivo, and it becomes kinda a pain in the butt. I just don't know why people still use it.

Thank you for your thoughtful response. You are one of the few that have actually done that. I really appreciate you.

And you come across as a horses ass. For no reason.

I've seen poor people have more access to entertainment devices then anyone else. Frankly too, if they were that poor, why spend the effort advertising to them?? OTA is advertiser supported too.

>OTA is free...F R E E

So is a lot of other things. Frankly too, I've seen the poor have more access to the internet (or tv's in general).

>Try thinking beyond your personal situation...its called empathy.

I seriously don't understand why I am being treated this way.

I get that. The point is that there are other options that are generally easy to get. I understand having the over the air when there isn't much alternative, but there is alternative today that didn't exist before.

>As others have mentioned, just because you have no use for it doesn't mean it shouldn't exist for the others who want it.

All I'm asking is what that reason is. If I knew what that reason was I wouldn't be asking. I'm not saying you here, but I don't understand why nobody answers my question and talks like a horses butt.

>And I'm not sure why you seem to care so much.

I'm just wondering.

But why in the city? Most people don't live in the boonies.

That's not answering the question pop.

I get that, but a majority of people do have access. The vast vast majority have some kind of cellular service. I'm not saying that I don't understand people watching it. I don't understand the critical mass that makes it worth it to broadcast.

No.

Streaming only requires phone. Even new TV's will do it if they have internet. There is also plenty that you don't have to pay for.

That's not answering the question.

That's still not answering the question.

I've not seen people use fax machines in mass. I've seen offices that might have one just in case, but it gets more spam then legit faxes. A lot of places don't even have proper phone lines to run the thing anymore.