[opendtv] Re: BBC News: Broadband challenges TV viewing
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:06:25 -0500
Actually I suspect they will all become wifi TV stations, but sending
over the ever increasing Internet speeds with ever better codecs. The
same for telephones.
- Tom
jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> John Shutt has given me advice on how to change the settings in
> Lotus Notes to send only plain ascii text to internet recipients.
> I am trying this now. This should work, really... :-) Thanks !
>
>
> See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4065047.stm
>
> "The ability to browse web pages at high speed, download files such as
> music or
> films and play online games is changing what people do in their spare
> time.
> A study by analysts Jupiter Research suggested that broadband was
> challenging
> television viewing habits. "
>
>
> This should only get "worse" as broadband becomes wireless.
>
> Oh, BTW, my colleague Michel reminded me why the 2.4 GHz band
> is given away for WiFi applications: it is the same frequency
> as used in the microwave oven. Not only does this mean that this
> band is EMI polluted anyway, so nobody wants to pay for using it,
> but it also means that the energy is easily dissipated by water
> molecules, so the signals will not carry over a long distance.
> This makes it more suitable for frequency re-use (sharing).
>
> So forget about setting up your own WiFi television station...
>
> Greetings,
> -- Jeroen
>
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