zorro2566 wrote: » Any news update for Sligo for FreeDab?
ITV2 wrote: » any word on where Nineties will return?, and a great station Coast 2 Coast.
end of the road wrote: » 90s stream isn't working either. hopefully they should be back soon, probably doing some sort of maintenence or other work. coast 2 coast, what sort of programming does that offer?
Franko87 wrote: » According to nineties there experiencing broadband issues and will return soon.
end of the road wrote: » not necessarily, they have probably found that it's best for them to get the muxes up first and as many as they can while the money is available, and then test and improve and gain feedback in terms of reception as they go on. i am sure they know what they are doing and have gone through all the possible options.
Bee Free wrote: » DAB's original purpose was to give the listener more choice but it's rather antiquated now in this internet age. "Arguments like "internet radio will use up all my data allowance" & "I can't get the internet in my car" are very 2011. It seems from reading an number of threads here, that most Irish people buy a DAB radio expecting it to pick up BBC & LBC anyway.
Gerry Wicklow wrote: » In the same way they expect Saorview to include UK stations. I'm glad you enjoy unlimited reliable internet access for your radio listening. I know plenty of places around the country that don't even have reliable 2G. Not meant to be bitchy, simply fact.
pirateradiohed wrote: » Look, I’m all for more choice on the radio, but DAB is not the answer. Ireland is currently an FM nation moving very gradually online
Franko87 wrote: » This is debatable .the only way online will take over is if ISPS make there data unlimited. Most people listen online when mobile ie out and about. And as a result thay use data to do this and as you well know. All data plans are limited to around 16gb. Now if you listen to online radio or even Spotify then it will eat your data allowance. .jmo By the way .😉 dab is the same as internet radio but wireless. And you dont use the internet to listen. The concept of dab digital audio broadcasting is basically and internet stream decoded and re encoded and sent out as data over the sir .
pirateradiohed wrote: » You’re right, DAB is a decent method of broadcast. It still isn’t interesting to the public atm
end of the road wrote: » again incorrect. dab or any other modern platform that, once implemented, can be easily accessable to the listener and which allows multiple stations compared to what already exists, is part of an answer to bringing the choice, competition and modernised radio services that are needed to keep people engaged and listening to terrestrial radio and to stop everything remaining stail as is currently the case. internet radio, something i have been listening to since the mid 2000s, is also part of the answer but it is not going to be a serious player for a very long time, as much as you would like it to be otherwise. the national broadband plan might change that somewhat, but until it's implemented in full, and even for years after that, we will be unable to say as to how much, if anything, it changes anything on that aspect. because ireland happens to be an fm nation now, and even to an extent that isn't by choice, that is not a reason to not implement relevant frameworks and in turn open up other platforms to any interested parties if any. if it turns out there are none, so be it, but the ability to bring competition and more services and end the holding to ransom of the radio market, will finally be fixed, and that is the actual important issue really. in fairness it barely exists and they don't know about it, so of course it won't be interesting to them.
pirateradiohed wrote: » DAB absolutely offer more choice. But if the public do not know about or have any interest in it none of that matters.
end of the road wrote: » again incorrect, it actually does matter. for a terrestrial radio platform to be able to exist on an indefinite basis or not on it's own merrits, and for any interested parties across all possible stakeholders to have the ability to actually take an interest or not, it requires a legal framework to be implemented. the public can't know about or have an interest in something they don't know about because it barely exists and because the powers that be won't allow it to operate legally.
pirateradiohed wrote: » The public do not care whether a station is legal or not
end of the road wrote: » yes however that is ultimately irrelevant. 1 station is 1 station, if it is a pirate there will be another along to replace it in time.
pirateradiohed wrote: » It’s not irrelevant - you said above, from my reading of things anyways, that DAB could not grow without a legal framework in place
Franko87 wrote: » The cork mux is not yet finished .it is runing on a reasonab amount of power to keep an clean signal and yes it has black spots this dos not mean were moveing 2 fast this just means were runing consistently by February 2020 cork will have a sfn network installed in cork for robust coverage .But for now. We remain consistent. As for Dublin. Well the results clearly speak for themselves !
Former Former wrote: » This is a very 2019 answer though. Whatever restrictions there are now on download speed, bandwidth and data limits will be an relevant five years from now as WAP is today. We'll be looking at 15GB data packages and laughing about how quaint it is. Like so many other things, DAB was conceived before the Internet became THE INTERNET. It is never going to take off. Unfortunately DAB is the answer to a question no one is asking.
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