 Lastly, many low-power broadcasters have been temporarily permitted to transmit in analog for several years.Although Britain spent the equivalent of more than a billion dollars educating about 60 million people, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration had received $5 million a year before the original transition date of February 17, 2009, and the FCC had received $2.5 million and was scheduled to receive $20 million more later in the year, for 300 million people.This meant voluntary education campaigns would be needed.