Consumers requested just over 400,000 DTV converter box coupons i...
Consumers requested just over 400,000 DTV converter box coupons in the week ended Friday, NTIA said, raising total requests to 4.58 million since the government began accepting applications Jan. 1. The total is 20.6 percent of the 22.25 million…
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coupons that NTIA has budgeted for the “base” phase of the program, when all households are eligible for coupons. A “contingency” phase, if needed, would allot 11.25 million coupons to households that certify they depend on over-the- air signals alone for TV. The pace of requests has dropped significantly. An average of 1.27 million coupons was requested in each of the first three weeks. Since Jan. 25, weekly requests have averaged just over 382,000, NTIA’s data show.