[opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:41:56 -0400
I think the officially recognized policy is they would prefer to eat
their children first.
Anything else involves losing control of spectrum.
- Tom
John Shutt wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>The question then would be, what would existing OTA
>>broadcasters prefer? Non-TV squatters on their spectrum,
>>or more OTA competition?
>>
>>Bert
>
>
> The proposal I saw was for 'intelligent' receivers to detect when a channel
> was in use and then move to an unoccupied space. Since many OTA
> broadcasters go off the air at night, I would hope that the in-use channel
> detecting would be an ongoing process for the Wi-Fi devices.
>
> Just as Burger King, McDonalds, and Wendy's always cluster together, more
> OTA competition would almost always be better for broadcasters in general.
> With USDTV and others on the horizon, more OTA capacity is going to be in
> demand.
>
> John
>
>
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