I do this. But some shows aren't online. The things you mentioned are why I don't subscribe to cable. My girlfriend watches "How I met your Mother" and "Big Bang Theory" which are not online.

Additional the firefox plug in to watch "Greys Anatomy" and "Private Practice" screw up some of my ajax applications and strike me as a security concern. I really am not trying to troll here - I just haven't found a solution for someone like me who lives in an apartment (so no roof antenna or satellite TV), doesn't want to pay for cable, and has a live in girlfriend.

The delay is really because the congress promised financial assistance, and underestimated the need and didn't fulfill its promise. We should be able to hold our legislature accountable to what they say.

Regardless, my bigger concern is a lot of people in Hawaii now get no TV signal (including on Oahu - the metropolis island). The number of households that will loose access to publicly broadcast free TV should be a problem for slashdot. Why are we replacing free service with paid expensive service with lock in from the media monopoly of our choice? I would rather they had funded more repeaters (or made it easier to get construction/broadcasting permits) and made us pay full price on all the converter boxes.

Called Comcast yesterday and they told me no plans available anymore for under 59.99 plus taxes and fees. I guess my $70 was an overestimate.