4G testing and disruption to freeview.

[zoltron]

Just to let folks know who live in the Rowley Regis & Cradley Heath areas within the West Midlands.

 

4G testing begins today only in these areas on how freeview signals will be affected by the launch of the full range of 4G services later this year, which in effect at the full 4G launch could affect 10% of the population recieving freeview.

 

Information about the test is here

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21788339

 

and a further site on who to contact should you be affected

 

https://at800.tv/

 

Now the fallout from this could be huge, as when the full 4G launch goes ahead as many as 1 million households could be affected, of which a small percentage will totally loose freeview permanently and will need to rely on other means such as satellite tv or cable.

 

The biggest insult however is while some faults can be fixed by the use of a small filter, other problems may not be so easy to fix in which case a visit from a TV aerial installer will be required, a contribution of £50.00+VAT will be made to affected households but the remainder must be met by the householder, and this will be the cause of the biggest of upset as why should someone be directly affected by the actions of another party namely the mobile phone operators?

 

I can foresee many small claims ending up in the small claims court over this problem.