[opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:33:40 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> >So while this concept of allowing non-TV RF users to
> >pick up unused bands might be technically valid, it
> >should be also legally and technically possible for
> >broadcasters to install more OTA stations, and use
> >the spectrum they were assigned more completely?
>
> Only with properly designed, spectrally efficient networks. If we
> stay the course, these alternative, very low power uses of the taboo
> channels will continue to be the only viable option.
If we merely stay the course, many the frequencies now assigned
to NTSC, and an additional allocation of UHF channels, would be
available for new stations.
Ultimately, if it's true that low-powered non-TV services can
be introduced in that spectrum, it's hard to argue that low-
powered TV stations wouldn't equally be possible in that same
spectrum.
> Protecting the status quo is the whole point of this farce that we=20
> are calling a DTV transition.
A far better way to preserve the status quo would have been not to
have a transition at all. But it's fairly obvious that many
broadcasters are *putting up with* the transition only to preserve
some semblance of status quo. Where "status quo" means "OTA is only
there for show, but it does give me access to cable rights."
A pity, especially in light of the success of freeview systems in
Europe.
Bert
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