Originally Posted by
maxw
I am about half way between Melbourne and Bendigo. I have never been able to receive terrestrial TV properly. After a mast-head amp and a tall antenna tower I got snowy FTA on some channels (some Melbourne, some Bendigo, some not at all), but digitial is unwatchable on most channels most of the time. I eventually applied for Aurora and got ABC/SBS but was refused commercial Aurora. If I lived in Blackwood down the road I would have been in an official blackspot, but that didn't help me any. I now pay for Austar, but that still doesn't get me commercial FTA.
I applied for VAST yesterday and didn't expect much (having read the conditions above on their website), and to my surprise it came right out and told me (after typing in my address) that I was eligible because I was in an area of poor reception - can't remember the exact words, but it wasn't because I was in a "Blackspot", it wasn't because I was in a "remote area", and it wasn't because my local transmitter is being turned off, and it wasn't because I am travelling. Perhaps I am regarded as being in the Bendigo zone, and outside their range. That could explain it, but why then was I refused Aurora?
Anyway, I'm very happy. Will be ordering a STB tomorrow. Pity it's a crappy STB but after 10 years of living here with no commercial FTA at all, it's a step forward!
Cheers.
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