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On 4/16/2012 8:59 AM, d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:50:04 -0400
S wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:46 AM, d wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to
donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

Some parts of the country get no more than 20 channels with Freeview,

Only 20 channels? Life must be tough. I hope they get free councilling.

and have no access to cable - so there are many homes with satellite dishes.

Why, can't they get the 80 odd channels on freeview?

No. Many remote areas don't get the full range of Freeview channels, and
before the changeover to digital, could only receive 5 channels.

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On 4/16/2012 9:19 AM, Ian wrote:
d writes
d wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:46 AM, d wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your
house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough
money to donate to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like
Houston space centre.

Some parts of the country get no more than 20 channels with Freeview,

Only 20 channels? Life must be tough. I hope they get free councilling.

and have no access to cable-so there are many homes with satellite dishes.

Why, can't they get the 80 odd channels on freeview?

Ignore the comma, it completely changes the meaning of the question!
It was a genuine question, not a sarcastic repost. I'd assumed
freeview power was being racked up and everyone should get all the channels by now.

Some relays don't provide all the muxes.

Exactly.

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On 4/16/2012 9:06 AM, d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:59:17 +0000 (UTC)
d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:50:04 -0400
S wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:46 AM, d wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

Some parts of the country get no more than 20 channels with Freeview,

Only 20 channels? Life must be tough. I hope they get free councilling.

and have no access to cable - so there are many homes with satellite dishes.

Why, can't they get the 80 odd channels on freeview?

Ignore the comma, it completely changes the meaning of the question!
It was a genuine question, not a sarcastic repost. I'd assumed freeview power
was being racked up and everyone should get all the channels by now.

I did wonder!
Relays don't necessarily carry the full range of channels.

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On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 14:19:39h +0100, Ian wrote:

Some relays don't provide all the muxes.

Strictly speaking in terms of "relays", no relay provides all multiplexes.

All relays only provide three multiplexes with the exception of Ferrybridge
which provides four.

Some sites which were analogue relays are no longer relays in the strict
sense, and are termed "daughter sites" and these provide all Freeview
multiplexes. These sites transmitted digital television before analog
switch off and began with On Digital.

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On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 09:50:47h -0400, S Viemeister wrote:

No. Many remote areas don't get the full range of Freeview channels, and
before the changeover to digital, could only receive 5 channels.

For quite a number, actually only four. There were large areas of
the British Isles were Channel 5 analog was never available, particularly
in the South region.

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:21 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to
donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

B2003


A lot of those dishes are for the foreign channels the immigrants like.

Ah yes, the ones who come to britain because they haven't got 2 pennies to
rub together in their own country but mysteriously find enough cash to
pay for satellite TV and a widescreen TV once here. Amazing isn't it?

B2003

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J G Miller wrote:
On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 14:19:39h +0100, Ian wrote:

Some relays don't provide all the muxes.

Strictly speaking in terms of "relays", no relay provides all multiplexes.

All relays only provide three multiplexes with the exception of Ferrybridge
which provides four.


That's not strictly true. There are quite a few relays that provide the
full experience. Ilchester Crescent and Kings Weston Hill in Bristol are
two I can think of for a start.

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Ian wrote:

Some relays don't provide all the muxes.

And in many areas, it's not possible to get your local region on Freeview.
Some people even have to suffer Welsh TV. The horror!

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wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:39:26 +0000 (UTC)
Silk wrote:
If it works then lash out the £25 for a Freesat-from-Sky card
(once off payment) or use a Sky subscription card which is no
longer active for subscription channels - it will still work and
decode the FTV channels as well and give you the correct region
for the FTA channels.

Only a few quid more will get you a Freesat box. With a Freesat box,
everything is taken care of for you, including your region.

And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

Probably no worse than throwing away a perfectly good aerial in favour of a
nice new "digital" one with 0.5dB of extra gain over the old one.

I agree with you when it comes to certain sections of society. Topping up
the food cupboard takes a back seat to Sky TV, tattoos, piercings, fags,
booze, drugs and a mobile phone to organise criminal activity.