Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:57:56 -0700, Joerg wrote:
>> Some day it'll probably all end up as Internet streams anyhow. Most
>> people have a reliable web connection but their OTA television
>> connection will become a whole lot less reliable in February 2009.
>
> Though if you don't have cable TV, cable broadband is not only unlikely
> but probably ridiculously expensive... and you're less likely to have
> DSL... in which case getting radio over your web connection is not
really
> an option, let alone TV.
>
Well, we have DSL. About one mile farther out begin some areas where
people who move there have to decide that they don't need all this
newfangled stuff. About another 100 miles or so east you might even have
to accept that there ain't no singing wires, no phones, nada.
> We have the three biggest networks on low-band analog here. Their
digital
> signals are more reliable (and look a LOT better) than their analogs.
> Likewise CW-58, Ion, and one each religious and shopping channel. The
> only one that's *less* reliable in digital is MyNetwork.
>
Very different here. The only analog one that sometimes goes into
multipath beyond recognition is FOX. All others are always viewable with
slight to modest ghosting. On digital the average is about 50% of
channels being flaky or "no signal", meaning beyond the digital cliff.
Unless they increase the power after Feb 2009 we'll be quite TV
deprived. It's ok for us but some neighbors might become rather irate
and vocal about that. Whoever is in political office early next year
will need a lot of Maalox.
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Regards, Joerg
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