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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>It's also worth noting that the percentage of
population figures papers over the issue of huge geographical areas without
adequeate coverage. Many of these area, especially here in the north, have very
tiny populations that have no great impact on the percentage popualtion totals,
but carry roads connecting centres of population. If I drive from my
home to the nearest large town, I lose DAB coverage within the first mile
of the 70-mile trip and it isn't restored until a large proportion of he journey
has elapsed. With so much focus being put currently on how many new cars are
being fitted with DAB this would become a significant issue in the
event of a BBC FM switch off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>There's also no sign of a plan to provide proper FM equivalence
for most of rural Scotland, even where DAB multiplexes have been established,
and yet they seem to be counting in the populations served' anywhere that has a
BBC multiplex. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Because of the weak-willed insistence on sticking
with DAB rather than moving to DAB+ for geographically isolated
roll-outs, the two Scottish national network services are not available on
DAB outside the largest cities (in the urban areas the BBC rents space on
commercial multiplexes to carry them). And as for the regional optouts, forget
them! The DAB multiplexes do however carry the Asian Network and BBC
World Service...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>So presumably for very large geographic areas the
BBC will continue to have to maintain expensive FM services anyway to carry
those networks for the time being. Or maybe there is a plan, and we just
haven't been told - we can hope.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk">Alan Coote</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</A>
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href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 20, 2015 12:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] Norway to switch off
FM in 2017</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri,sans-serif>The talk of percentages
is misleading and I think masks a significant
problem. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri,sans-serif>If 91% of the population will be able
to receive a commercial DAB station in the UK by the end of the
year, it means 5.4 million people can’t. Which by the way is more than the 5
million total population of Norway. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I wouldn’t like to be on the Digital Switch Over Help Desk when that lot
start complaining! </DIV>
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