[opendtv] Re: WiFi Supplanting Broadcasting? Get Real!
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:12:31 -0400
Kon Wilms wrote:
>>You pick a couple of examples then say that since they don't use Wi-Fi
>>
>>
>my point is moot?:)
>
>
>
>>>>A multiGbps meshnet MAN will be in place by the end of the year in
>>>>
>>>>
>
>Above is your original and bogus statement to show how WiFi is going to
>supplant broadcast, which I went to great lengths to disprove.
>
If your argument is that Wi-Fi by itself can not supplant broadcasting
fine. I agree. If Wi-Fi as part of a wireless network using other
wireless technology and connections to fiber nodes then yes Wi-Fi can
be part of a wireless system that can supplant current one way TV/DTV
broadcasting as regulated by the FCC as full power broadcasters to fixed
receivers.
The multiGbps meshnet MAN will be GigE wireless. It obviously is GigE I
don't see why you say it isn't. Such a network for backhaul eliminates
the need for fiber to a great extent. Combined with other wirleless
technology including Wi-Fi, current OTA broadcasting will find
competition from and could be supplanted by such technology. Current OTA
broadcasting is down to say 10% who rely on it. I think that cable
satellite and OTA are at risk to such new megaband IP wireless networks.
I expect content providers to be attracted more and more to this new way
to reach their customers bypassing all current gatekeepers. One way OTA
broadcasting will be limited to mobile and portable reception. The fact
that it can be received fixed also will be incidental.
>You said this
>system uses GigE wireless. It obviously doesn't. Then you reneged on the
>statement, and started waving hands and shifting towards wireless from
>'wifi' - nonsensical since broadcast is by definition wireless. I could have
>just said *cough*bullsh1t*cough*. Yep, moot still applies. :)
>
>Cheers
>Kon
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
>
>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at
>FreeLists.org
>
>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
>unsubscribe in the subject line.
>
>
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at
FreeLists.org
- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
unsubscribe in the subject line.
Other related posts: