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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think a lot of the applicants would have been banking on that, if not an ‘indefinite extension’ – though it’s a pretty poor show by Ofcom since there might well have been a lot more people who would have just the costs and risks differently if they had been offered a 3-year trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I certainly think it’s incumbent on Ofcom to present a fairly full report at 9 months regardless of the extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Davis<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 March 2016 12:29<br><b>To:</b> cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] dab trial propsed extention<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve just received an email saying that Ofcom propose to extend the trial for another 2 years <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I did apply to run this trail and never got it ,I think the reason was because I never put enough stations on my proposed multiplex thinking that it was a technical trial and not about filling up the multiplex if I had have known this I would of filled it <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Im still in the situation where we have the infrastructure and would love to move our station forward to the modern day and get it on dab <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now this trail is proposed to be extended does this mean that its going to be another 2 years before the results are published and any chance of becoming a local dab community station are a long way off ,or has the previous 9 months proved that there are no major issues and that they are going to extend the trial and incorporate more stations on to it with the view to licence them in the future , ???? or has it not gone so well that more needs to be done ???<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Mark Davis <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.in2beats.com">www.in2beats.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:markd@in2beats.com">markd@in2beats.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/in2beats">www.facebook.com/in2beats</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>office:01234352244 ext:22<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Mobile:07887867114</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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