2009/6/18 Simon Thompson <[email protected]> > > > Brian Butterworth wrote: > > > > *132. "Another missing infrastructure link for digital terrestrial TV is a > return path for interactive services - a capability already provided on > satellite, DSL and cable networks."* > > That's because it's a broadcast, not a peer-to-peer network. And this > "return path" would be - oh yes, the internet. > > > Not necessarily, DVB-RCS and DVB-RCT are two return channel standards > issued by DVB recently offering Return Channels via Satellite and > Terrestrial transmissions >
True, but the Digital Britiain report means a) "Sky box contain a modem" and b) is "Project Canvas". > > > *101 ... higher mobile termination rates applied to T-Mobile and Orange > have provided some compensation for the higher costs associated with poorer > propagation properties.* > > Or, in English, "T-Mobile/Virgin and Orange (1800Mhz) phones don't work as > well as Vodafone and O2 (900 MHz) ones, but cost more to call. " > > > > I think they mean that to get similar coverage, more base stations are > needed, which incurs a greater cost. > It is the first time any goverment document actually notices that not all mobile phone networks are the same! > > > > -- > ------------------------------ > *Simon Thompson MEng MIET* > Research and Development Engineer > PRINCE2TM Registered Practitioner > > *BBC Research and Development* > <[email protected]> > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
