Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:18:08 -0800, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:07:03 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

[snip]

Electromagnetic waves don't interfere with each other. Or maybe you
know more about this stuff than all the radio astronomers and NASA and
SETI people.

You haven't signed up for that introductory physics couse yet, I see.

John

Multipath ??

Tell me about it. Happened again yesterday. All the digital channels cutting out one after the other, all analog channels just fine. Then in February 2009 ... poof.

<grumble>

Can't you get cable TV?  Basic is pretty cheap, even "extended-basic",
just about anything you would want except HBO, etc, is not very
expensive.

At least here, with Cox, extended-basic doesn't even need a set-top
box.  Sets need capability to tune up to channel 125.

Might have to in 2009, until then the analog stuff works. It's $9/mo but I am pretty sure they would make us pay through the nose to lay the cable unless we sign up for one of the fancy expensive packages. Basic Satellite is supposedly only $6 but probably also only if you buy the stuff at the company store and at company prices.

What irks me is that de-facto they took away the freedom to watch OTA programming in some areas like ours. Analog works better, plain and simple.