"J G Miller" wrote in message
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On Monday, February 6th, 2012, at 12:35:44j +0100, hwh wrote:

Maybe it would have been better to have one 625 line network on VHF

Of course it would have been better for the public, but it was better
for the Thatcher administration and business friends and supporters
to sell off the spectrum for commercial use since higher profits
could be made that way instead of tv broadcasts.

I disagree. Many of the new uses weren't about high profits but were
low-power devices used by the public such as wireless baby alarms, wireless
microphones, wireless doorbells etc. All of far more use to the public than
one more TV network IMO.

David.