[opendtv] Re: Final Wales switchover underway

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:43:28 -0500

At 9:53 AM -0600 3/4/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
The only reason I'm posting this is to highlight this part:

"... and engineers started switching on digital signals at 75 relay transmitters serving more than 280,000 homes."

!!!

Seventy five translators for 280,000 households? That's SOME infrastructure.


If you looked at translators in the U.S. you would see much the same picture. By nature these transmitters typically serve very small population groups that are not served by the big sticks.

Regards
Craig


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