The range of opinions on the value of the DTV transition is spread far and wide. National Journal's August1 article shows differences of opinion of between fourteen and eighteen million dollars. The Congressional Budget Office states that it is worth ten billion dollars.

Drew Clark writes:

"But CBO's estimate is considerably lower than two separate private sector analyses of the value of the broadcast spectrum currently in use from channels 52 to 69.

One of those studies, conducted by the Brattle Group for Qualcomm and the High Tech DTV Transition Coalition, pegged the value of spectrum at as much as $28 billion. Another, by Coleman Bazelon of the Analysis Group and conducted for Intel, puts it at $24 billion."

Time will tell which estimate is closer to the truth.