My summary: There might be enough people with STEM degrees or training? Or that might be the wrong question. Hard to say!
“We need boots on the ground,†said Joel Kelsey, a Consumers Union policy analyst. Mr. Kelsey advocated armies of people, from firefighters to television industry personnel, going into homes and setting up converter boxes for consumers.
Yikes. I really want to support this campaign. I think that public access to spetrum is perhaps one of the two most important issues for technology and communications freedom. But I also don't like feeling like I'm the tool of some big company. I appreciate that Google is being open about their involvement and the real benefits to them from their position and I really do think Google is on the right side here. That said, I'm sad that there's no real grassroots movement on this issue.