[LINK] NBN is FTTH

[Kim Holburn]

Uhh  10 VHF and 27 UHF channels I think.

On 2009/Apr/07, at 7:44 AM, Kim Holburn wrote:

>
> On 2009/Apr/07, at 7:03 AM, Sylvano wrote:
>> And don't forget the promises from communications ministers, such as
>> Coonan's from a while back:
>>
>> "Maintaining analogue television services and simulcasting
>> television in both digital and analogue is expensive for
>> both broadcasters and Australian taxpayers.
>>
>> It is also an inefficient use of spectrum which could
>> otherwise be used to provide new broadcasting and
>> communications services (e.g. digital radio,
>> wireless broadband, other mobile and new television
>> services)."
>
> True but we had, I always believed, 27 analogue channels, not counting
> UHF.  I forget how many UHF channels we had because I seem to remember
> we only ever used one anyway for a long time.  (That's what used to be
> on our old TVs back in the day.)  I forget how many UHF channels we
> had because I seem to remember we only ever used one anyway for a long
> time.  Somehow the 3 commercial TV channels managed to convince
> everyone that the sky would fall if their advertising revenue got
> diluted with more channels than the 4 or 5 being actually used.
>
> Didn't they convince one or more of the "communications" ministers
> that the five (or whatever) digital TV channels that fit into the
> spectrum space of one analogue channel must be used for one digital HD
> channel not divided up into five separate digital channels?
>
>
>
>> http://www.archive.dcita.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0006/53556/Digital_Action_Plan_web.rtf
>
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