Barry; I think L-band usage is still as problematic in the U.S. now as it was in 1990. John Willkie _____ De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Barry Wilkins Enviado el: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:16 AM Para: opendtv Asunto: [opendtv] DAB+ in the USA I have just noticed an interesting development where the FCC is apparently permitting trials of DAB+. Going to use SFNs as well. See: http://www.wohnort.demon.co.uk/DAB/ That being the case and if successful, that would be very good news internationally. The pricing of receivers would be expected to take a sharp nose dive and the available range increase greatly. So I'm hoping it succeeds as we (here) are only going to piggyback off the Australian market at present. All the feedback I have to hand is that IBOC is not popular in the US and that it is practically dead like the HD DVD. Can someone confirm or otherwise? Barry Wilkins