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jeff47

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19. Don't try because nobody's going to pay.

Reply to PumpkinAle (Reply #18)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 11:24 PM

Nov 2014

The areas not served by existing options are very spread out, and have few people in them. As a result, it would cost multiple hundreds per month for service, because you're spreading the cost out over a small number of people.

You can't even re-use any of the old transmitter infrastructure, because they were not built to serve these areas.

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Better than non-existent PumpkinAle Nov 2014 #13

Those same wide areas weren't served by TV. jeff47 Nov 2014 #14

So don't try? PumpkinAle Nov 2014 #18

Don't try because nobody's going to pay. jeff47 Nov 2014 #19

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