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<blockquote data-quote="Richardson" data-source="post: 17982" data-attributes="member: 175744">Just seen this on an expat board:<a href="http://www.british-expats.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=5762&amp;forum=24&amp;1" target="_blank">http://www.british-expats.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=5762&amp;forum=24&amp;1</a>[Haynes711] &quot;Well, I've listened to this week's &quot;Feedback&quot; (the last in the series -- the next one starts on 16th May) -- and am sorry to say that once again Roger Bolton didn't take our case up.From listening to this week's edition, though, I think we can make the following deductions:1. The BBC have certainly been put on the defensive: in this week's &quot;Feedback&quot; there was nothing less than a &quot;commercial&quot; for internet radio, crudely camouflaged as an item about the blessings of internet radio reception for expats in places like Australia and -- take note -- Romania.2. &quot;Internet reception&quot; is the only argument the BBC currently have in response to the charge that they're ditching expats in Europe. What they don't say is that the quality of their online radios is very low (44 kb/s for Radio 4) -- eight times less than satellite quality!2. The BBC are still loathe to discuss the satellite channel issue in public, which means that they know perfectly well that they have no case AND that there will be sympathy for those British expats on the continent who are soon going to lose Radio 4 etc. on satellite.3. They are still hell bent on treating European expats as if they were living on another continent!4. The only thing expats on the continent can do - to try and get the BBC to change their mind - is to send emails to ministers and MPs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richardson, post: 17982, member: 175744"] Just seen this on an expat board: [url]http://www.british-expats.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=5762&forum=24&1[/url] [Haynes711] "Well, I've listened to this week's "Feedback" (the last in the series -- the next one starts on 16th May) -- and am sorry to say that once again Roger Bolton didn't take our case up. From listening to this week's edition, though, I think we can make the following deductions: 1. The BBC have certainly been put on the defensive: in this week's "Feedback" there was nothing less than a "commercial" for internet radio, crudely camouflaged as an item about the blessings of internet radio reception for expats in places like Australia and -- take note -- Romania. 2. "Internet reception" is the only argument the BBC currently have in response to the charge that they're ditching expats in Europe. What they don't say is that the quality of their online radios is very low (44 kb/s for Radio 4) -- eight times less than satellite quality! 2. The BBC are still loathe to discuss the satellite channel issue in public, which means that they know perfectly well that they have no case AND that there will be sympathy for those British expats on the continent who are soon going to lose Radio 4 etc. on satellite. 3. They are still hell bent on treating European expats as if they were living on another continent! 4. The only thing expats on the continent can do - to try and get the BBC to change their mind - is to send emails to ministers and MPs. [/QUOTE]

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