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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (22015)	8/30/2002 9:47:05 PM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Uh, the FCC evaluated OFDM for ATSC and found it didn't offer anything we don't already have. "DTV isn't that much more cost-demanding than a 3G handset." If the US had chosen to switch to OFDM after four years of selling receivers to consumers, broadcasters would be faced with one of two choices: Reduce average power, coverage, and ad revenue. Expand utility power consumption by 25% and maintenance headaches after adding a quarter of a million dollars worth of power FETs in nice refrigerator-sized cabinets. Why?