On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:09:16 -0400, Neal McLain wrote, in part:
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> I don't understand that statement. CATV *is* cable TV. Back when the
> industry started, CATV stood for "community antenna television" because
> that's all it did: act like a big antenna for broadcast stations. But
> after CATV systems started carrying non-broadcast satellite-delivered
> programming, the term "cable TV" replaced "CATV". I still use "CATV"
> and "cable TV" interchangeably.
Funny, I always thought CATV stood for "Community Access TeleVision." Anyway, that's what our local Community Access stations seem to think.
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> Neal McLain
Straighten me out, please, if I've got that wrong :-) .
And cheers, -- tlvp