<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title></title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
On 08/07/2010 15:52, Two Lochs Radio wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:BA8557BF93F640DBB5CAD7F710172C80@TLRPC01"
type="cite">
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904">
<style></style>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This morning RadioToday (</font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6070">http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6070</a>)
suggested</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> that the new minister
would announce renewed vigour behind Digital Radio Switchover. B<font
face="Arial" size="2">y sheer coincidence (?) the BBC also announced
61 new DAB transmitters today. </font><font face="Arial" size="2">However, Reuters'
take on what Ed Vaizey would say was rather different.</font></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">If it is true that Mr Vaizey said
that a date for switchover would not even be settled until 50% of
listening is digital, it could be a long way off.</font></div>
</blockquote>
I don't understand the lemming style race to DAB. Are other countries
doing it? I know America isn't. They appear to be heading towards wifi
radio, and I understand that Baltimore is well on the way to being
completely wifi, with other cities following.<br>
<br>
In the home, there is no competition for me. It's wifi radio all the
way. The problem comes with listening in the car, but 3 network already
has a mi-fi dongle that I believe can be used in the car, and whilst
coverage is not brilliant, neither is it with DAB.<br>
<br>
The cynic in me wonders whether DAB is more of a way to maintain the
"radio establishment" (OFCOM etc) and protect their future than giving
the public what they want. There would be a lot of radio infrastructure
no longer wanted with an efficient wifi radio network, using the
existing mobile phone networks.<br>
<br>
Gary<br>
</body>
</html>