Re: Ofcom and the Giant Digital Dividend

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:08:42 +0100, Roderick Stewart
<escapetime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|!On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:18:03 +0100, Frank Erskine
|!<frank.erskine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|!
|!>Once upon a time, people would switch on their telly to watch a
|!>programme, then switch it off afterwards.
|!
|!I still do. Mine spends more time off than on.

Same here!
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