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On 2026-05-12 18:54, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:37:09 -0400, micky
> <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> 
>> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:39:03 +0200, "Carlos
>> E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-04-28 05:48, micky wrote:
>>>> In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:08:34 +0200, "Carlos
>>>> E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2026-04-25 22:53, micky wrote:
>>>>>> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:06:44 +0200, Jörg Lorenz
>>>>>>> ......
>>>>>>> I'm working in highly security sensitive areas
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, bully for you, but most people don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and I can tell you: An
>>>>>>> absolute no go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what has where you work got to do with what other people do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the USA, many people work just as Carlos describes, with two sims,
>>>>>> one for work and one for non-work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And your use of "lagging" to describe Spain is interesting.  You love to
>>>>>> give zingers even when polite speech could make your point in a better
>>>>>> way. I suppose it's better that you get your aggression out here, rather
>>>>>> than beating your wife.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Swiss love to ditch technologies that other countries keep using for
>>>>> many years because they consider them obsolete. For instance, I believe
>>>>> they no longer have FM radio (use DAB instead), or over the air digital
>>>>> TV (you need to pay for Internet tv instead).
>>>
>>> I forgot to mention that they say the reason is economics. Maintaining
>>> TV over the air is not economical.
>>
>> I remember when cable first got started in the US.  I figured that since
>> people were paying, there would be no advertising  Whoopee. But how
>> wrong I was.
>>
>> So, if you can make people pay for cable, and sell advertising too,
>> that's going to bring in a lot more money than over the air.
>>
>> But maybe it's the mountains in Switzerland that get in the way.  And
>> they have to spend a lot of money for repeaters.  Maryland has mountains
>> west of where most people live.  The people there may live in
>> informational darkness afaik.   In Baltimore, most of the TV stations
>> are on Television Hill.   I like sightseeing but I've been afraid to go
>> there.  The place is scary with its towers and fences. I might be
>> imprisoned and forced to be an extra in local tv productions. I'm not
>> taking any chances.
> 
> https://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/666
> 
> But neither WJZ nor WBAL could afford the expense of a new tower on
> their own, especially when the stations sought to go as high as the law
> allowed. The solution was a partnership between the neighboring stations
> to build one gigantic tower topped with two separate transmitter masts.
> When Baltimore’s oldest TV station, WMAR, heard of this plan, station
> managers decided they wanted in. WMAR worried that if viewers could get
> two stations by pointing their antennas in one direction they wouldn’t
> bother making adjustments to tune in to WMAR—especially if their
> broadcast looked worse than the competition coming from the new tower.
> Baltimore’s three TV stations struck a unique deal to share one gigantic
> tower, a tower topped with three separate transmitter masts, a first at
> the time.

Here the antenas are put by the administration, and stations add 
channels to it. It is organized. Since always.

And now we have digital TV over the air, and this organization of 
channels and aerials is even stronger.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-23 03:54 -0400
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 12:53 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:47 +0200
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-23 22:01 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 22:37 +0200
      Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 03:13 +0200
        Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-24 09:10 +0200
        Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-24 11:09 +0200
          Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 12:06 +0200
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-25 10:35 +0200
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-25 09:59 +0100
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-25 16:53 -0400
              Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 14:08 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 13:19 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 16:03 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 15:18 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-26 16:32 +0100
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 19:45 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-27 10:47 +0100
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 21:14 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 20:11 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 22:28 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-27 23:48 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-28 13:39 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 12:37 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 12:54 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-12 19:33 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-12 19:29 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-12 17:37 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 18:44 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-13 01:22 +0000
          Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 15:10 +0000
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 19:00 +0200
              Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 17:59 +0000
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-24 09:08 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-24 11:20 +0200
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-25 17:04 -0400

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