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Re: Keefe Bartels investigation into HD Radio picking up steam - LMFAO!!!

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From: DigitalRadioScams
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:33
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On Sep 9, 12:30 pm, DigitalRadioScams <digitalradiosc...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Law Firm's HD Radio Probe Picking Up Steam?
>
> Keefe Bartels, the law firm that's looking into whether consumers are
> unhappy with their new HD Radio car receivers, is hearing lots of
> stories. Whether legal action will result remains unclear.
>
> We reported on the New Jersey firm's efforts last week. John Keefe, a
> managing partner, tells me the firm is still in the information-
> gathering stage and has not filed a lawsuit on behalf of unhappy
> consumers — though what it finds could potentially lead to that from
> the personal injury firm.
>
> Keefe became interested in the technology when he bought a new BMW a
> couple of years ago. He says the dealer told him HD Radio wouldn't
> work but that it was built into the cost of the car, because the
> receiver was part of a package. He says the dealer threw in a set of
> floor mats to compensate.
>
> Keefe told me he heard the AM signal blending between digital and
> analog and back again in a demo. He called it "bumping," which sounded
> like upcutting speech, as that happened.
>
> The firm is soliciting comments from unhappy consumers regarding HD
> Radio on its website. Keefe says it is receiving complaints from "all
> kinds of people" and wants to determine how individuals have been
> affected. He didn't say how many exactly or go into details.
>
> Keefe, who describes himself as a consumer advocate lawyer, says he
> wants to understand if potentially faulty car HD Radio receivers have
> cost consumers money — from paying more for the car because of the
> package and then either not being able to receive a reliable digital
> signal or because there are not a lot of digital signals in their
> area.
>
> When I contacted iBiquity for my first story on this, they had no
> comment.
>
> It sounds like most of the complaints he's getting are from AM
> listeners. He's also getting an earful from radio industry people, so
> this should be interesting. I'll keep you up to date.
>
> http://www.rwonline.com/article/106152
>
> SMS- I told you the investigation would escalate!  Broadcasters will
> file a class-action, too! It's over for iNiquity - LMFAO!!! Time to
> put that scammer Struble in prison for major criminal fraud against
> the American People, and broadcasters!

I wonder how many complaints came out of those automaker HD Radio
complaint forums where I dropped a link to Keefe Bartels - LMfAO!!!!!!!
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