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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Big Bears Fan @ Jan 12th 2009 2:32PM
Instead of spending so much money on 500tb bank or tru2way ,why not spend that money on upgrading antiquated systems bringing them up to one standard up to 1ghz then allowing everyone to receive the same channels, People would hold off switching if they were given a realistic date that thei systems would be upgraded and new programming made available.Going on the assumption people are going to switch where there is competion,by letting them know what will be available and when will stave off their switching if they like their current service and reduce flipflopping !!! There should be one standard sytemwide start upgrading from those that have the least and progressing;550mhz,650mhz,750mhz,850/860mhz .
Jim Mallory @ Jan 12th 2009 6:15PM
Which is exactly what they have been doing. The only problem is, you can't do all the systems at once. They don't have the money, manpower, or the availability of parts. We were dual 550 Mhz here on the South Oakland system with the rest of Metro Detroit at 860Mhz (single cable). We didn't even have Digital Phone service until the 1Ghz upgrade and it took well over a year for them to complete it for the six communities that make up the South Oakland system. They literally had to touch every piece in the network. Every node, every amp, most if not all the trunk cable, and every last tap as none of it would run at 1Ghz. It takes awhile folks.