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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by formerly_proven on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @10:52AM (#24061440)
How does a DVB-T Transmitter know about a receiver switching channels? A DVB-S signal is just forwarded by a space relay fed by an uplink site fed by a number of stations. These are not interactive duplex media like the internet or by possibly some forms of cable TV.
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by ebg13 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @11:28AM (#24061890)
Sorry. My context here is cable boxes, which do communicate bidirectionally and somehow take even longer than DVB receivers to change channels. If you're actually receiving everything all the time, then there are other things you can do to make channel switching not take ridiculously long.
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by giantrobot on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:45PM (#24062839)
Cable boxes aren't bidirectional in the way you seem to think.
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by ebg13 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:59AM (#24071490)
That's wrong everywhere with cable internet. See my response to your other similar comment.
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