


Zoom into a DTV.gov map of a city like Los Angeles. Look at Mount Wilson. See the spokes of coverage radiating outward. Now look at the San Fernando Valley. Notice the shadow .
The government tried to help. The "Converter Box Coupon Program." But the map never lied: no coupon could bend physics. The map whispered a terrible secret to the poor: Your physical location has become a liability.
We don't look at those maps anymore. Because we are all on the edge now.



Zoom into a DTV.gov map of a city like Los Angeles. Look at Mount Wilson. See the spokes of coverage radiating outward. Now look at the San Fernando Valley. Notice the shadow .
The government tried to help. The "Converter Box Coupon Program." But the map never lied: no coupon could bend physics. The map whispered a terrible secret to the poor: Your physical location has become a liability.
We don't look at those maps anymore. Because we are all on the edge now.