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 Simba7I Void Warranties
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Billings, MT | reply to BF69
Re: FCC sets auction of new cellphone spectrum for June, 2014 said by BF69:More hyperbole please. Besides the obvious fact that those frequencies would suck for mobile they aren't even going to get the majority of TV spectrum that's left. But.. But.. They could switch all radio stations to HD Radio or convert it to a format where they would have to subscribe.
Because, as y'all know, radio stations are supporting piracy.
said by BF69:Though I agree that they should find a way to make better use of the 192 MHz they have gotten from TV over the last 30 years first. I do agree. So far, they keep wanting more and more and not offering much in return. So far, I've seen zilch.
said by BF69:Very few TV stations use it anymore and many that are, are leaving it because it such for OTA DTV. So.. Why did we switch to Digital from Analog instead of keeping them both? Oh ya, because large companies wanted it for themselves instead of others that could actually use it.
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Camden, TN | said by Simba7:So.. Why did we switch to Digital from Analog instead of keeping them both? Oh ya, because large companies wanted it for themselves instead of others that could actually use it. keeping both would be useless and wasteful and confusing. Why would a broadcaster want to broadcast in both analog and digital? OTA usage is maybe 10% of the population and you want to split that further by having both and doubling your cost. Not to mention the lack of spectrum for that. | |
| I don't think we should use both, but how would you be doubling your cost? I'm not arguing that there may be some trivial extra costs to do both, but it would absolutely NOT be a doubling of costs. I guess it depends on what you're looking at versus what I'm looking at... | |
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