[opendtv] Re: WiFi Supplanting Broadcasting? Get Real!
- From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 10:33:03 -0700
> FCC May Let Wi-Fi Go Between TV Signals
By Paul Davidson
USA TODAY
Unfortunately this article has nothing to do with WiFi supplanting
broadcasting. 'Cause WiFi is by nature bidirectional and broadcasting is
unidirectional.
> "This (spectrum) is beachfront property," says Peter Pitsch,
communications policy director for Intel, a Wi-Fi chip maker. "In rural
areas where the nearest broadcaster is 100 miles away, you could crank the
power up and provide very low-cost wireless broadband service."
Unfortunately Pitsch forgets to mention that that Centrino chipset in your
laptop would never work with this 100-mile service, since it doesn't have
the power level to establish a connection with the transmitter.
> Thomas says the plan could benefit TV stations, which could use the
unlicensed airwaves for interactive TV, sending digital TV signals to
tuners in laptops. Consumers could take part in shows by buying
products or answering questions.
First off, for the technical side, someone please hand this guy a clue.
Shopping list for ATSC ITV:
1. Antenna
2. STB
Shopping list for WiFi/ATSC ITV:
1. Two antennas
2. High power AP
3. Laptop
4. STB
5. Some way to tie the two together
Second, for the business side - I hate to say it but how does one take part
in a show that has already been broadcasted? Or is every channel we watch
QVC?
Thomas needs to exit his parallel universe, since none of us are in it.
Cheers
Kon
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