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Discussion in 'Digital TV - United States & Canada' started by leprecaun, Feb 28, 2007.

  1. dc69

    dc69 Regular member

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    what exactly do you mean by true cable.i dont know of anyone who gets ntl through mmds it all comes normally.i thought the whole purpose of mmds was to allow rural customers to get digital tv cause they have no regular cable areas
     
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    You can get mmds via a aerial on the roof or a central mmds mast.
    In some areas in Dublin, Waterford and Galway there is a central mmds mast for NTL installed and the blokes around get their signal from that mast.
    True cable means the cable feed is connected to a cable headend and not to a mmds mast or aerial on the roof.
    In some Chorus areas there is also a central mmds mast for Chorus mmds installed but thats a other story.
     
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    The only reason MMDS was introduced was to stop the spread of people watching cable without subscription in the analogue days with a "black box" addon. Therefore it's pretty limited in amount of channels it can carry. The CC's claimed it was to let rural areas enjoy cable at the least cost to the CC, but we know the truth!!
     
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    True cable and mmds are simply different transport methods for the signal, thats all.
    Its the decision of the provider which one to use in a local area.
    Analog NTL mmds was shutdown and the free space was used for additional digital channels. A handfull channels are not availabel via NTL mmds compared with NTL true cable.
    The major problem is the scan with NTL mmds. Some boxes are not able to handle the slightly different frequency scheme.
    Chorus mmds is a complete other story.

     

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