20 years in the toilet

So, my thoughts on the past 20 years of life in America…

First off I wish to mention that I in no way am unaware or intending to downplay the tragic losses of life that occurred as the result of the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City. It’s just unfortunate that this was allowed to negatively affect so many more lives than necessary.

That being said…

This is just a weird set of disjointed observations I felt like putting in writing so I could get them off my mind and go back to thinking about cats and video feedback.

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ATSC 1.0 has at least two very dumb things about it. #1: The 8VSB modulation. 8VSB is basically amplitude modulation with, spectrally, everything below the carrier attenuated off. In theory, that sounds ok, except that it’s extremely vulnerable to multipath. GUESS WHAT HAPPENS ON EVERY TV SIGNAL IN AN URBAN AREA. The margin’s not that big for multipath, and once you hit it, the whole signal’s useless, leaving your viewers to dance around with the antenna and wonder why they just can’t get picture….
8VSB was only, from documentation I’ve found on it, lab tested for performance in terms of signal to noise ratio in a proof for the FCC… no attempt was made to simulate or measure receiver performance in the face of multipath. I’m not sure if this was because nobody ever had the “aha!” moment and realized it’d be a problem or if some vendor already heavily invested in it swept it under the rug. Just about every other country used DVB-T which allows for more spectrally efficient and robust modulation standards including QPSK (very robust but not as efficient as QAM), 16QAM, and 64QAM.
This raises another issue that was dumber on the broadcaster’s side: 8VSB was in part chosen because it would, in theory, work through existing analog transmitters, requiring only slight modifications to things like the combiners and an exciter swap. In practice, no transmitter manufacturers really opened this up as an option, and everyone had to buy all new shit. In fact… the klystron based UHF television transmitters proved not to have the linearity (or SOMETHING) to deal with 8VSB and the Inductive Output Tube had to be brought out of mothballs to deal with it. The IOT has great linearity but no damn efficiency – it was originally used by General Electric for an early World’s Fair demo of UHF television broadcasting, but commercially never took off… anyway, later on, EEV’s esciot series tubes improved on that somewhat… but… they’re still a pain in the arse
Stupid Thing #2 (or is it about #8 by now?): MPEG2. Do I look like I know what an mpeg is?*
So here not only do we have this shitty 8VSB modulation sapping the available amount of information that can be broadcast in a certain width of channel but then…. MPEG2 video coding was specified. I suspect that’s evidence of the standard’s development either being dragged out forever OR someone just wanted to be able to use up a bunch of DVD player decoder ASICs they had sitting in a Chinese warehouse. As a result of the MPEG2 encoding being used, the picture looks like DOUBLE BUTT when there’s a lot of motion, especially when you’re running a lot of subchannels squeezed into that 18.3 megabits/sec…
And then you have the whole godawful thing where the CECB program led to the cost of converter boxes which probably actually cost about $25 including hardware, manufacturing, and patent licensing royalties being fixed right up to $40…. but that’s a far dumber story
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nZhf8SjXw

ATSC 1.0 has ๐Ÿ’น๐Ÿ‘ฉ at ๐Ÿ˜‚โ˜บ least two very โ—๐Ÿ˜” dumb ๐Ÿ‘…๐Ÿคค things about ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘ it. ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ˜ #1: โฐ๐Ÿคœ The 8VSB modulation. 8VSB is basically amplitude modulation with, spectrally, everything below โฌ‡๐Ÿ˜ซ the carrier attenuated off. ๐Ÿ“ด In ๐Ÿ‘ theory, ๐Ÿ† that ๐Ÿ˜ฆ sounds ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘Œ ok, ๐Ÿ†— except ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ that ๐Ÿ‘ˆ it’s ๐Ÿ’ฏโ— extremely ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ vulnerable to ๐Ÿ˜„ multipath. GUESS ๐Ÿ˜ฆ WHAT HAPPENS ON ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ”› EVERY ๐Ÿพ TV ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ“บ SIGNAL IN ๐Ÿ‘ AN ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ‘ URBAN AREA. The margin’s not ๐Ÿšซ that ๐Ÿ‘ถโžก big for multipath, and โ˜ข๐Ÿ† once โ‰๐Ÿ† you โ˜ hit it, ๐Ÿ˜ต the ๐Ÿ™† whole signal’s useless, โณ leaving ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ your ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฆ viewers to ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐ŸŽฏ dance ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ around ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’ฆ with ๐Ÿ‘ the antenna and ๐Ÿ‘ wonder why they just can’t ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ”ซ get picture…. ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ’ญ 8VSB was only, ๐Ÿ”‘ from ๐Ÿ˜‚ documentation I’ve ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ‘ˆ found on ๐Ÿ”› it, lab tested for ๐ŸŽ performance in terms of signal to ๐Ÿ’ฆ noise ratio in a proof ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ for ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† the ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ‘ FCC… ๐Ÿšซ no ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ™… attempt was ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ made to ๐Ÿ’จ simulate or ๐Ÿ’ measure ๐ŸŽ›๐ŸŽ› receiver performance in the ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‘ face of multipath. I’m not ๐Ÿ™… sure if ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘ this ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ was because ๐Ÿ“โ™‚ nobody ๐Ÿ™… ever had ๐Ÿ’ฆ the “aha!” moment ๐Ÿ•ž๐Ÿ•‘ and ๐Ÿ‘ realized it’d โ“๐Ÿ be ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ˜ a problem or ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿ‘ฑ if ๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿ…ฑ some ๐Ÿ’› vendor already heavily ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜ƒ invested in ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™Œ it swept ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ it under โฌ the ๐Ÿ…ฐ rug. Just ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ถ about ๐Ÿ˜ฏ every ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘– other country ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿƒ used DVB-T which ๐Ÿ‘ allows for ๐Ÿ˜ more spectrally efficient and ๐Ÿ’ฆ robust modulation standards including ๐Ÿ’จ QPSK (very โ˜ฃ๐Ÿ‘ฟ robust but not ๐Ÿ‘ฎ as efficient as ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‘ QAM), 16QAM, and ๐Ÿ’ฉ 64QAM. This ๐Ÿ‘ˆโฌ† raises another ๐Ÿป issue that ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ‘Œ was dumber on ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ”› the ๐Ÿ‘จ broadcaster’s side: 8VSB was in โค part chosen because it ๐Ÿ’ฏ would, in theory, ๐Ÿ˜‚ work ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ˜  through ๐Ÿšช existing analog transmitters, requiring only ๐Ÿปโ˜ slight modifications to ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฆ things ๐Ÿ•‘ like ๐Ÿ™… the ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿšช combiners and ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘… an exciter swap. In ๐ŸŒค๐Ÿ˜ฉ practice, ๐Ÿ† no transmitter manufacturers really ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‘„ opened ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… this โฌ† up โค๐Ÿฟ as ๐Ÿ‘ an option, and โž• everyone had ๐Ÿ‘ž to ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜› buy all ๐Ÿ˜Ž new ๐ŸŽ†๐Ÿฝ shit. ๐Ÿ‘Œ In fact… ๐Ÿ›ก๐Ÿ” the ๐Ÿ’ฆ klystron based UHF television transmitters proved not โŒ๐Ÿšซ to ๐Ÿ†’๐Ÿ˜ค have ๐Ÿ˜Ž the โ™€๐Ÿ‘ linearity (or ๐Ÿ…ฑ๐Ÿ…ฑ SOMETHING) ๐Ÿค”โ“ to deal with ๐Ÿ‘ซ 8VSB and the ๐Ÿ“บ Inductive Output Tube ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿฑ had โ˜๐Ÿˆถ to be brought out ๐Ÿ‘ฟ of mothballs to ๐Ÿ”ฃ deal with it. โœ” The IOT has ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’น great linearity but ๐Ÿ‘ no damn ๐Ÿ˜ฉ efficiency – it was originally ๐Ÿ”™ used ๐ŸšŸ by General โ™‚ Electric โšกโšก for ๐Ÿ’•โ“ an ๐Ÿ’ถ early ๐Ÿ• World’s Fair demo of UHF television broadcasting, but ๐Ÿ‘ commercially never โŒ๐Ÿ˜ค took ๐Ÿ˜ฑ off… anyway, later โฐ๐Ÿ’ฏ on, ๐Ÿ† EEV’s esciot series tubes improved on that somewhat… but… โœ‹๐Ÿ‘ they’re ๐Ÿ˜„ still ๐Ÿ‘‰ a ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽฏ pain in ๐Ÿ›Œ the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“– arse Stupid Thing #2 ๐Ÿ’ (or ๐Ÿ’€ is it ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ฉ about #8 ๐Ÿ‘Š by ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ‘Š now?): MPEG2. Do ๐Ÿ‘Œ I ๐Ÿ‘ look like I know what an ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘น mpeg is?* So here ๐Ÿ‘โคต not only do ๐Ÿ‘Œ we have ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿˆถ this โ‰ shitty 8VSB modulation sapping the ๐Ÿ‘‘ available amount ๐Ÿ“‰ of information that can ๐Ÿ’ฆโ™€ be broadcast in a ๐Ÿ‘ certain width of channel ๐Ÿ‘€ but then…. ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿ…ฑ MPEG2 video coding was ๐Ÿ˜ฐ๐Ÿ™‚ specified. I ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”ฅ suspect that’s ๐Ÿ˜ evidence ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ“ฐ of ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ’ฆ the ๐Ÿ‘ standard’s development ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ”ฌ either being ๐Ÿ˜‘ dragged out forever OR ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ someone just ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค” wanted ๐Ÿ…ฐ to be ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ฐ able to ๐Ÿ’ฆ use ๐Ÿ‘ up ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ˜ a bunch of โ— DVD player ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿคบ decoder ASICs they ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘ฅ had ๐Ÿ† sitting ๐Ÿ™‡ in a Chinese ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜• warehouse. As ๐Ÿ‘ a ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ result of ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’ฆ the MPEG2 encoding being used, ๐ŸšŸ the ๐Ÿ˜ฌ picture ๐Ÿ’ฉ looks like DOUBLE BUTT ๐Ÿ˜ when ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ฉ there’s a ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘Œ lot โ€ผ of ๐Ÿ’ฟ๐Ÿ˜ motion, ๐Ÿ˜ especially when ๐Ÿ‘ you’re ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿƒ running ๐Ÿƒ a ๐Ÿ‘ฆ lot ๐Ÿ‘ of subchannels squeezed into that ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™‡ 18.3 ๐Ÿ’‹ megabits/sec… And ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿš„ then you ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ง have the ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘ whole ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘ฉ godawful thing where ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜  the ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿป CECB program led to the ๐Ÿ— cost of ๐Ÿš‹๐Ÿ’ฆ converter boxes which ๐Ÿฅ™ probably actually cost ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ about ๐Ÿ’ฆ $25 ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ including hardware, manufacturing, and โž•โ˜ patent licensing royalties being fixed right โœ”โœ… up to ๐Ÿ” $40…. but that’s ๐Ÿ˜ป a ๐Ÿ‘Œ far ๐Ÿ†˜๐Ÿ’ฆ dumber story ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“–

ATSC๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ‡ 1.0๐ŸŒˆ has๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ”ข at๐Ÿ†Ž๐ŸƒโœŠ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿคด๐Ÿ’ฐ least๐ŸŽŒ๐Ÿ”Ÿ two๐Ÿƒ ๐Ÿ‘ฌ veryโ™๏ธ dumb thingsใ€ฐโœ‹๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ”ฑ about๐Ÿ“• ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ฆ it.๐Ÿ“› #1:ใ€ฐโšก๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘‚ The๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ  8VSB๐Ÿ˜‘๐Ÿ”ณ modulation.๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝ 8VSB๐Ÿ•ฆ๐Ÿผ is๐ŸŒƒ basicallyโ†—๏ธ ๐Ÿ’… amplitude๐Ÿ’Ž modulationโœŒ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ฐ๐Ÿพ with,๐Ÿ”• ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ถ spectrally, everything ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘ below๐Ÿƒ ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ซ the๐Ÿš๐Ÿ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฝ carrier7โƒฃ๐ŸŽฎ attenuated๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฝ off. In๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿž ๐Ÿ‘ theory,โ†—๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฒ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ that๐Ÿ•‘๐Ÿ‘ฟ๐Ÿ’• sounds๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ†’๐Ÿ˜ฆ ok,๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ except๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ฅ thatยฎ๐Ÿšš it’s๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿข ๐Ÿˆ extremelyโ›Ž๐Ÿ•—๐ŸŠ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜น ๐Ÿ’› vulnerable๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿก to๐ŸŒ˜โœŠ๐Ÿš‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’ฆ multipath.๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‘ณ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘™ GUESS ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค” WHAT๐ŸŒ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผ HAPPENS๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿญ ON๐ŸŒ– EVERYโ™๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค™ TV๐Ÿ”ผโ†–๏ธ ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ“บ SIGNAL๐Ÿ‘ฒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿผ INโ›ณ๏ธ๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐ŸฝโœŠ๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ‘ AN๐Ÿ”Œ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿ’ถ๐ŸŒ‘ URBAN๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพโ™“๏ธ AREA.๐Ÿšฃ The๐Ÿ„๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”ก๐Ÿ”‚๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ‘ฆ margin’s๐Ÿˆš๏ธ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’– not๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ฃ that ๐Ÿ˜ big๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿšป ๐Ÿ‘บ๐Ÿ† for๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ multipath,โฉ๐Ÿ’› and๐Ÿ†™ onceโŒ›๏ธ๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿป๐Ÿก you๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐ŸŒ‡โ„ข๐Ÿ•˜ ๐Ÿ‘ hit๐Ÿ‘„ ๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ‘ it,๐Ÿ’ด๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ˜ the๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Œ whole๐Ÿ‘ด ๐Ÿ˜ signal’s๐Ÿ ๐ŸšŠ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ†™๏ธ๐Ÿ’• useless,๐Ÿ‘น๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป leaving๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿšต๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽด ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒ your๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‘ฒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ“ญ viewers๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿพ to๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿฎ dance๐Ÿ•ž๐Ÿ around ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿ˜‡ with๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿฝ the โฒ antenna๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿš„ andโ™‰๏ธ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿ”™ wonder๐Ÿ•ฃ๐ŸŽŽ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿš ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ฎ why๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‘ป they๐Ÿšด๐Ÿป just๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿคท can’t โ™€ getโ›ฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ‰ picture….โ˜๏ธ 8VSBโšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ•™ was๐Ÿจ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿ„ ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ’ฆ only,๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ•“ from ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฒ documentation๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ“‘ I’ve๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ˜  found๐Ÿ†Ž โŒ on๐ŸŒ’ ๐Ÿ”›๐Ÿ’ฆ it,๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿˆฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ช๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘ lab๐Ÿ˜ฐ๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿผ tested๐Ÿ“ฐโŒ๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿค“ for๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒน ๐Ÿ˜Ž performance๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”™โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“’ in๐Ÿ‘ต๐ŸŒ”๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ terms๐Ÿ”€๐Ÿˆธ๐ŸŽฅโค๏ธ of๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ˜ฟ signal๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฐโค๏ธ toโœŠ๐Ÿ’š ๐Ÿฟ noise ratioโœ‚๏ธ in๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐ŸŒบ ๐ŸŒ a๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ”ซ proof๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™‹ ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ“Š for๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฝ the๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿš‘๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ’œ ๐ŸŒŒ FCC…๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด noโ™ ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ…ฑ attempt๐Ÿโ™Š๏ธโ›ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Š๐ŸŽŽ๐Ÿ•˜ was๐Ÿšˆ madeโช ๐Ÿ‘‘ to๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿฟ โœ‚ simulate๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿšฑ๐Ÿ“ฉ or๐Ÿ’ฒ ๐Ÿ’ฐ measure๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“ป ๐ŸŽ›๐ŸŽ› receiver๐ŸŠ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿป performance๐Ÿš‹ in๐ŸŠ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿผ the๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ face๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿผ of๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”‹ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ multipath.๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝ I’m๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ not๐Ÿ™… ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿšซ sure๐Ÿš›๐Ÿฌโ†™๏ธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ˜ท if๐Ÿ•‘ this๐Ÿ„๐Ÿปโฐ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ wasโญ•๏ธ ๐Ÿ…ฟ because๐ŸŒ nobody๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ˆโœ…๐Ÿ‘Ÿ๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿก โ™‚โ™‚ ever๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ†‘ โ‰ had ๐Ÿ’” theโ–ถ๏ธ โ›“๐Ÿ‘ “aha!”๐Ÿ– moment ๐Ÿ˜ณ and๐Ÿ”š ๐Ÿ‘ realized๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐ŸšŽ it’d๐ŸšŽโ†–๏ธ be๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฉ๐ŸŽฟ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ a๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŽฒ problem๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ก๐Ÿ“ˆ or๐Ÿ‘บ if๐Ÿš‰๐ŸŽ โ“ some๐Ÿšˆ โ˜ƒโœ vendor๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ already๐ŸŽฑ ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ˜ƒ heavily๐Ÿ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ investedโœŒ๐Ÿฝ in๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿšฝ it๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ”ฉ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿพ swept๐Ÿ•‘๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿคฃ it๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ•”๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿ’— ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿคก under๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒ“ the๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐Ÿ—ผ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿ˜˜ rug. Just๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—ผ about๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿˆโ†™๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ’ญ every๐Ÿ™‡ other๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ‘ช country๐Ÿ”˜ ๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐Ÿƒ used ๐Ÿ™„๐ŸšŸ DVB-T๐Ÿ”‚โ™ป๏ธ๐Ÿšต๐Ÿป๐Ÿ“ฅ which๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿˆ‚ allows๐Ÿš•๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ for๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพ moreโ™ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜กโ™€ spectrally๐Ÿ”ฒ๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ’ efficient๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ”› and๐ŸšŽ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿผ robust๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ modulation๐Ÿ’ฝ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿ โ™Š๏ธ standards๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š including ๐Ÿ’จ QPSKโœ‹๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿป (very๐Ÿšน๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ‘ฟโœ… robust๐Ÿ“ซ butโ˜‘๏ธ not๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿ”ž as๐Ÿ‘ณ๐Ÿฝ efficient๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿพ as๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ‘ QAM), 16QAM, and๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ‘ฆ โž• 64QAM.๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ฎ This๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ•ฅ๐ŸŒ โ—ฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿค– raises๐ŸŒ‡ another๐Ÿ› โ™‚๐Ÿ— issueโœ…๐Ÿ•ž๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ‘ญ โ™‚๐Ÿ˜ญ that๐Ÿ˜›โœŠ๐Ÿป๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿš๐ŸŒป โ™ฅโšช was๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿป๐ŸŽช โœจ๐Ÿ‘ dumber๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ“ฉ on๐Ÿšธ ๐Ÿ‘‹ the broadcaster’s๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ side: 8VSB๐Ÿ‘‰ was๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ in๐Ÿ”ซ๐Ÿ‘ž๐Ÿซ๐Ÿšพ part๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿค chosen๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿพ because๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ“ช๐Ÿ”ƒ ๐Ÿค“ it๐Ÿ”ด would,๐Ÿฎ in๐Ÿ‘โ™ป๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ฅ theory,๐Ÿ‘˜๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ work๐Ÿ‘ญ through existing๐Ÿšค๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ•™๐Ÿ“™ analog๐ŸŽป๐Ÿ’ท transmitters,๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“ง๐Ÿฃ requiring๐Ÿšช๐Ÿšด๐Ÿฟ only๐Ÿ“ฉ slight๐Ÿ”† modifications toโœ‹ things๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿšฒ like๐Ÿš›๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿ—ผ ๐Ÿ—ฃ theโฐ๐Ÿ•ฃ ๐ŸŽต combiners๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿผ and๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿฟ โ™€ an ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ† exciter๐Ÿ‚ swap.๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ”‡๐Ÿบ๐ŸŒดโž— In๐Ÿ—พโฌ›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘ practice,๐Ÿ„๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŽฏ no๐ŸŽ‹๐Ÿšด๐Ÿพ ๐ŸŒˆ transmitter๐ŸŽฆ manufacturers really๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ opened๐Ÿš‰ this up๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ”—โ—€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘” ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ•บ as๐Ÿ…ฟ๏ธ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ›‚ ๐Ÿ‘ฆ an๐Ÿ“™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘„ option,๐Ÿšท๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿป and๐ŸŒ everyone๐Ÿ‘ซ ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‘จ had๐Ÿ—ฝโ›ฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’‹โœŠ toโœŠ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿšถ buy๐Ÿ’› ๐Ÿ’ฒ all๐ŸŠ๐Ÿฝ new ๐Ÿ—ž๐Ÿฝ shit.๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ In๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโ‡๏ธ๐Ÿ„ fact…โŒš๏ธ ๐Ÿซ the๐Ÿ•• klystron๐Ÿšƒ๐Ÿ’ญใ€ฝ๏ธ๐ŸŽฝ basedโš“๏ธ UHF television๐Ÿ‘ฌ transmitters๐Ÿ‘‹ proved๐Ÿ“‰ not๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“ญ to ๐Ÿ‘Š have๐Ÿ“ต๐ŸŽฐ๐Ÿšต๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ฐ the๐Ÿ“‘๐Ÿ•Ÿ linearity๐Ÿšƒ๐Ÿ‡ (or๐Ÿบ ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿšป SOMETHING)๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿผ to๐Ÿ€โ›ช๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘ deal with๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ”„ ๐Ÿ‘ 8VSB and๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ๐Ÿ…ฟ๏ธ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿพโณ ๐ŸŒž the๐Ÿ’ฅ Inductive๐ŸŽ€ Output๐ŸŒ‰๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฟ Tube๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป had๐Ÿ‘• โ— toโ†–๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘ be๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿดโœจโ” ๐Ÿ˜ค brought๐Ÿ“จ out๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ˜ธ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฏ ofโœด๏ธ mothballs๐Ÿ”œ to๐Ÿท deal๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ•ฅ๐Ÿš”๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ›€ withโ”๐Ÿ’ฎ ๐Ÿ†• it.๐Ÿ‘ฒ๐Ÿพโœ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ฏ The๐Ÿ“‚ IOTโ˜๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™Ž has๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ™ great๐ŸŽŽโ–ถ๏ธ๐Ÿ”š๐Ÿข๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‘š๐Ÿช ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŽ‰ linearity๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ† but๐Ÿ’Š ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™… no๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒ‘ ๐Ÿ™…โ›” damn๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿ”ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ณ efficiency๐ŸŽผ -๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿพ it๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ต ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ was๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿผ originally๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿป๐Ÿšด๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŒ”๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ”™๐Ÿ”™ used๐Ÿ”ฝ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ†’ by๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ˆ ๐Ÿ‘‹ General ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Electricโญ๏ธโž— for๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐ŸŽฝ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ† an๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ธ early๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ•ข๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿฅ‚ World’s๐Ÿณ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿฅ ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ Fair ๐Ÿ˜† demo๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿฝ of๐Ÿ”€๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽ  UHF๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿผ television broadcasting,๐Ÿ‘› but๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒ† ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘ commerciallyโœ… never๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿป โ€ผ took๐Ÿšค ๐Ÿคš off…๐Ÿ anyway,โซ later ๐Ÿ•‘ on,โฉโ„ข ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”› EEV’s esciot๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝ series๐Ÿ“ด๐Ÿ’พ๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’“ tubes improved๐ŸŒŽ on ๐Ÿฝ that๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿป ๐ŸŒˆ somewhat…๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿป but…๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ‘ they’re๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ’๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒ˜๐Ÿ•ง๐Ÿ’’ ๐Ÿผ still ๐Ÿ™„ a๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพ pain๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐ŸŽข๐Ÿ“ก๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป inโค๏ธ the arse Stupid๐Ÿ”’โ›„๏ธ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿพ Thingโฌ†๏ธ #2โŒ›๏ธ (or ๐Ÿ† is๐ŸŽฑ it๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿˆš๏ธ ๐Ÿ’‹ about๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ’ฆ #8 ๐Ÿค” byโค๏ธ now?):๐Ÿ†๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ‘‹โ˜ MPEG2.๐Ÿ†‘๐Ÿ”‰๐Ÿ‘ Do๐Ÿšด๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ I๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿ– look๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ”ฑ ๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ‘ like๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ›‚โ†˜๏ธ ๐Ÿ…ฐ I๐ŸŽช๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ’• know๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ™ what๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… an๐ŸŽฉโ˜๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘น๐Ÿฟ mpeg๐Ÿ˜ฒ is?*๐Ÿ‘“ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘ถ So๐Ÿน ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฆ here not๐Ÿš‹๐Ÿ’พ๐Ÿ‘ฒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ™… only๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘Œ do๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ”ก we๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ†‘๐Ÿ‘ƒ ๐Ÿ‘จ have๐ŸŒ˜๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜โ˜๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ…ฐ this๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ˜๐Ÿพโ˜•๏ธ shitty๐Ÿ’‰ ๐Ÿ˜  8VSB๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐Ÿ”ฑ modulation๐Ÿข sapping๐Ÿ“ญโœŒ๐Ÿฝ the ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘Š available๐Ÿšฆ๐Ÿ‘ก amount๐Ÿ”†โ–ซ๏ธ๐Ÿ”™๐Ÿ”“๐Ÿ„๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ“‰ of๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ”ซ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ information that can beโœˆ๏ธโ•๐Ÿšฉ#โƒฃ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ผ broadcastโ†–๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿพ in๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿˆด ๐Ÿšญ๐Ÿก aโ˜๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿš๐Ÿšฅ๐Ÿ™† certain๐Ÿ‘ฐ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿ“„ ๐Ÿค” width๐Ÿ  ofโ›”๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ก ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘จ channelโœ‹๐Ÿฟโš“๏ธ but๐Ÿ‘•๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ‘ then….๐Ÿ” MPEG2๐Ÿด video๐ŸŽฆ๐ŸŒ˜๐Ÿ’น ๐Ÿ“ฝ๐Ÿ“ฝ coding๐Ÿ”ฉโ›ฝ๏ธ was๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿต ๐Ÿ‘โœจ specified.โžฐโ›”๏ธ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ›€๐ŸฝโœŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜ง I ๐Ÿ‘‰ suspect๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ€ that’s๐ŸššโœŠ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜ evidence๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ“ƒโ“ of๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’ฆ the๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‘ standard’s๐Ÿ“นโ™จ๏ธ development ๐Ÿ”ฌ either๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ•™๐Ÿ‘ฅ being๐Ÿ“’โ™ฆ๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ฏ draggedโ›ฒ๏ธ๐Ÿ†™ out8โƒฃ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿฟโœ… forever๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿผโ“ ๐Ÿ’— OR๐Ÿ™Šโ™จ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ someone๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ‘ค just๐Ÿญ ๐Ÿ…โ˜ wanted to๐Ÿ‘ฒ๐Ÿผโ™Ž๏ธ be๐Ÿ›€ ๐Ÿ able๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช to๐Ÿ‚ use๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿ˜ถ โš’๐Ÿ˜‚ up aโ™๏ธ๐Ÿ—ผ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ• bunch#โƒฃ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’“โœŒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿพ of ๐Ÿ‘ DVD๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿป๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ’ก player๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿผ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿ’ฐ decoder ASICs๐ŸŒ”๐Ÿ†•๐Ÿˆธ they๐Ÿ†๐Ÿš‚ ๐Ÿ‘จ had๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿฟโœ‹๐Ÿป โœŠ sitting๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ  in๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ…ฐ๐Ÿ˜ฉ a๐Ÿ”บ๐Ÿ’“ Chinese๐Ÿฎ ๐Ÿ˜• warehouse.๐ŸŽ As ๐Ÿ™Œ a๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฟ result๐Ÿ‘ผ๐ŸŒ‰๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘˜ of๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ the MPEG2 encoding๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง being๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿพโฌ…๏ธ๐Ÿฉ ๐Ÿ™ used,๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿš‘ the๐ŸŒต ๐Ÿ’ฏ picture ๐Ÿ“ท๐ŸฆŠ looksโœ‹๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘‰ like ๐Ÿ‘ DOUBLE BUTT๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ด๐ŸปใŠ™๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ whenโœŒ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’• there’s๐ŸŒš๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿ’‰ ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ a๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ…ฑ๐Ÿ‘Œ lot๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝโ™๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข of๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿ˜ฐ motion,๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’„ ๐Ÿ˜ especially๐Ÿš• when๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฆ you’re ๐Ÿ—ฃ running๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฝโ™ฅ๏ธ โ™€ a๐Ÿ’— lot๐Ÿ„ of๐Ÿ‘ฉ subchannels๐ŸŒœ๐Ÿ”œ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ squeezed๐Ÿ’ฆ into๐Ÿšฆ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿผ๐ŸšŸ that๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ”˜๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ˜ป 18.3๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป๐Ÿจ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’‰ ๐Ÿ‘…๐Ÿ‘ธ megabits/sec…โ™‹๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฟ And๐ŸŽฏ ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿฝ then๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ†”๐Ÿƒ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ˜ฏ youโช ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘‰ have๐Ÿ›…๐Ÿš๐Ÿก ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ’ฏ theโ›”๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฉ whole๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ† godawfulใŠ™๏ธ thing๐Ÿƒ where๐ŸปโœŒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‰ the ๐Ÿ™Œ CECB๐Ÿšช program๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿป led๐ŸŒณ to๐Ÿšˆโ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ™€ the โ™จ๐Ÿ‘ cost๐Ÿ˜ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ“ฒ ofโ“๐Ÿฎ ๐Ÿค” converterใŠ™๏ธ boxes๐Ÿ‘ผ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿค’๐Ÿค’ which โœŒโ“ probably๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿต๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ˜ป actually๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ„๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿพ cost๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿพโœ‹๐Ÿป about๐Ÿ‘ž ๐Ÿฝ $25๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป๐ŸŒ‹ including๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿšต๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ˜ผ ๐Ÿ’จ hardware,๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ manufacturing,โณ๐Ÿ and ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’† patent๐Ÿ“Žใ€ฐ๐Ÿซ licensing๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ” royalties being๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ fixed๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป๐Ÿก right up0โƒฃโŽ to๐Ÿ•ฃ ๐ŸŒ’ $40….โ—ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š but๐ŸŒ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ˜ฉโ™‰๏ธ๐Ÿˆน ๐Ÿ‘ that’s โžก aโ†™๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ‡ far๐Ÿ“ŸโœŠ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ’ถ๐ŸŒŒ dumber๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“†๐Ÿ•“ story ๐Ÿ“—

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