IE plug internet adaptors, really rubbish wall warts etc, since nowadays many pieces of equipment like medium wave radios sw radios and the like are unusable unless you use batteries and sit in the middle of a big field. Brian

It would actually be interesting to find out the percentages of people who predominantly listen to radio on:FMDABInternetFreesatFreeviewLW, MW and SW.I suspect the latter will be in single figures.....My in-laws live in a stone farmhouse where (a) WiFi does not travel well and (b) has thick stone walls and wood beams so it is challenging to wire the house up with ethernet..... and (c) it is actually cheaper to use the mains networking than wiring up.So mains networking allows their smart TV in the lounge to connect to the fibre router in the office upstairs. The distance between the two is less than 10m but just one stone wall blocks the WiFi completely. This is despite living in the countryside and there are no other WiFi networks from neighbours as there aren't any neighbours!

Why have we allowed the mains cabling to be used to send signals and crap on?

Jan 12, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 41 Replies

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Dave Liquorice 6 years ago

works

No the terrain, if it was flat a single MW Tx could cover the whole county, might need two FM Tx's as Cumbria is BIG, over 4 times the area of Greater London.

Sardines? Greater London comes in at 14,000 / sq mile. Cumbria as a whole 190 / sq mile, the district 64 / sq mile, this parish 40 / sq mile. B-)

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Dave Plowman (News) 6 years ago

Very hilly country isn't the ideal place to build on. ;-)

Which means it isn't worth providing decent radio etc coverage. They

*have* to make a large profit, after all. ;-)

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