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Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2009 20:05:58 +0100 > Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Julian, > > >> c) bandwidth - not sure which is better on this one, but logically 60 >> million people pulling the same programme at once would pull more than >> 2 million, and the signal would get a bit choppy I would suspect due >> to data loss. >> > > This sort of thing isn't an issue for analogue transmissions (for > practical purposes) on TV or radio, so why should it be an issue for > digital? TV is tx only don't forget, not tx/rx. > > Finally, add; > > d) poorly suppressed UHF transmissions. > > This means, for the most part, vehicles with rubbishy spark plug caps. > Not a big issue in rural areas, but when I lived in an urban area, it > could be quite noticeable. On a couple of occasions, the digibox locked > up, and had to have a hard reset (power disconnected) to recover. > > I've seen powerline/powerplug/ethernet over powerline adapters cause a few freeview digiboxes to freeze - those awful Thomson TuTV boxes seem to be the badly affected with them being prone to freeze whenever a washing machine changed cycle, fridge compressor fired up, tuble dryer changed direction and even truning a light on or off. Dave -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html