Re: Buffering?

In message <NZg0f.8643$hP.5403@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Richard Evans <R.P.Evans.NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > In the event of hurricane, flooding, national strikes, war or nuclear
> > winter, hi-fi reception would be fairly low down the list of national
> > priorities, and so a dial-up ISDN line (if still working) would
> > probably be quite sufficient.
>
> I presume you mean ISDN-30. If that still exists, then it would probably
> do the job.

No, I meant Basic Rate ISDN. In the event of the above extreme
situations, we'd presumably be reduced to a single speech service
mainly carrying news and information.

> I reckon a satellite link could also make it much easier to set up lots
> of extra small fill in transmitters. Installing Satellite receiver
> dishes would be a lot cheaper than installing land based comm lines to
> every small TX site.

That is undoubtedly what goes on in France, and must be the reason why
all their FM stations are carried by Astra 1.

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Richard L.
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