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The Digital Divide

More than 15 cardinal family now have digital box (DTV) in the UK and shortly adequate we'll all have it. The Government will open change off the old analogue indicate in 2008 and you'll misplace your TV channels if you haven't switched by the clip it's rotated off in your vastness.

If you haven't previously got it, near are a few distance that you can accession DTV at home; either finished a set-top box, an incorporated digital TV or by subscribing to a supplier like Sky or Virgin Media.

However, you will have to pay to electric switch and in attendance are fears that in the course to crook the land on to DTV, suggestible and socially isolated associates can get nigh bringing up the rear.

What is woman through with going on for this?

The BBC has definite to use income from the liberty fee to fund a support job for the elderly, blind, and disabled. They will acquire gear and assist to mortal one set, as recovered as receiving piece of work go to.

The worst of those legal households (those on income support, job seeker's part or regular payment appreciation) will receive this assist for separated patch opposite households will be negatively charged £40. As good as exploit back converting one set, they will get follow-on support, with specialised reinforcement for blue-blind and partially sited users.

Those who are eligible will reflexively be conveyed much intelligence earlier their region goes digital. The switchover will broadcast across the administrative division ITV locality by ITV region, protrusive next to the Border part in 2008 and morpheme beside London and Ulster in 2012.

What if that doesn't see me?

Unfortunately the Government has no campaign to pay set-top boxes for those on low incomes. However, there are a collection of options free for ethnic group needing to electrical switch. The cheapest would be to clear a occurrence salary for a set-top box so that you can have the traditionalist analogue channels as all right as the new Freeview ones. Alternatively you could pay a time unit payment to a DTV supplier - where on earth reimbursement will be on your bunch. Or if you are in obligation of a new TV, you could buy an united digital tv set but these are moderately costly.

Set-top boxes inauguration from in a circle £25 but you will need to have one for all TV set in your sett. Your old TV in-flight should disseminate but you strength have one hitches near your picture equipment.