And can be funny too :)

It is what's known as SD, Standard Definition.

Some countries have and others are moving to DVB-T2 which is HD.

The Netherlands usually the 3 public and one regional that are free and I'd be surprised if it weren't similar in most countries.

The "Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release" is one solution to the problem, others publishing serious software should do similar.

Incompatibilities aren't recognisable by their number.

Of course all in the name of greater democracy.

As long as the functionality is there I couldn't care less if they changed to an AA, AB, AC etc. scheme.

This system has Comcast's authentication, vs. your regular WIFI has the usual WPA or whatever protocol, you lose or share either, you could be in for abuse.

If you are stupid enough to use WEP authentication that's the channel going to be abused, not the Comcast one :)

It is not a public and open WIFI hotspot.

Those that don't give access won't get it themself, simple.

See the US legal system, especially in criminal law is not at all fair.

Or how do you explain that a nation with 5% of the world's population holds 25% of the world's prisoners, are you guys 500% more criminal?
Another example, your legal system makes the plea bargain possible, you get a sentence without proper judicial oversight, it stinks to high heaven.
Or the fact you can actually rent a cop...Legalised corruption.
Or the violence and rape in your prison system, in a civilised country the prison management would have to stand trial, in the US it's just accepted; once in the pound you'll be Bubba's bride.
Or the number of prisoners in solitary confinement, totally against all scientific wisdom and international treaties.

Get over it, Snowden might have violated parts of your written law but he sure as hell also did the US population and humanity as a whole a service.

And not all landlords are asses re. the value of their property.
Given enough incentive, renters willing to pay for an environmental friendly home can also be an interesting market.
I also know of non-profits being set up to build PV and wind generation on other's property, the landlord would be a fool not to rent out his roof space.

What will be needed is a split in ownership of the infrastructure (the lines) vs. the generation, something that works quite nice in the developed parts of Europe.