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Are you implying DAB+ existed when the UK launched DAB in 1995...? Or we should have not launched DAB at all and waited?

DAB+ came out in other countries in the mid 00s and was adopted in the UK in 2016 and now we have over 180 DAB+ stations. But notably missing the BBC.



I'm saying that the UK should have done one of the following:

* Recognized that DAB was not capable enough given the number of stations required, and waited.

or:

* Cut back on the number of stations so that the remaining ones could be broadcast at an acceptable quality.




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