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Pootle | 10:39 Mon 26th Jun 2006 | How it Works
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In this age of red buttons, Internet and picture phones, why is Teletext just as rubbish as it was 20 years ago?
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It's not - It's worse.
BBC teletext on digital has far less info than is on the analogue service
what would you expect it to differently? Surely it is limited by the very medium it is?
Because it is 20 years old.
It was the first of its kind, a miracle of the time. But obviously, things have moved on since then.
It can't really be changed, as it has to remain compliant with the published specification.
A. Its free
B. As terestrial TV will be switched off soon they are not going to invest in it.
When we all go digital, Teletex will finish so no point in updating it - just as Simeon says.

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