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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | He didn't say it'd be ready by 2015. He just said that he'd make it possible within 5 years.
It's simply saying that he'll push for the extended AWS-3 auction, as well as maybe a final 700mhz auction. |
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| I feel sorry for that 2% That always seems to get left out of about every single carrier commercial and politician talking point. Seem that 98% is the magic number that is constantly used to justify some folks not having access to any kid of internet access and that is just dandy.
I'll give him credit for at least this line- "South Korean homes now have greater Internet access than we do." Maybe just maybe it will wake up these phone companies that offer low speed DSL to up their game. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | USA already has 100% coverage With Wildblue and Iridium we already have 100 % cellphone and broadband coverage in the USA. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to AndyDufresne
Re: I feel sorry for that 2% said by AndyDufresne:Maybe just maybe it will wake up these phone companies that offer low speed DSL to up their game. You seem to believe that telecoms are unaware of the services being offered elsewhere in the world. How does a residential connection to the Internet in South Korea affect a US company's investment strategy? |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | Tens-of-Billions of What? said by Karl Bode:AT&T and Verizon currently squat on tens-of-billions in unused spectrum Karl, can you quantify how much unused spectrum VZ and T are "squatting" on in terms of bandwidth instead of the regurgitated and pointless dollar guesstimate often reported elsewhere? |
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join:2002-02-04
Broadway, NC
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| said by openbox9:said by Karl Bode:AT&T and Verizon currently squat on tens-of-billions in unused spectrum Karl, can you quantify how much unused spectrum VZ and T are "squatting" on in terms of bandwidth instead of the regurgitated and pointless dollar guesstimate often reported elsewhere? If you have a counter argument with verifiable facts I would love to read it...
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | What am I to counter? I've asked this question before and so far have not received an answer. Am I off-base to want to know how much unused spectrum is currently under control of VZ and T given our current understanding of the laws of physics? Money is irrelevant in regards to this topic. Quoting billions of dollars only serves to show what companies valued the spectrum at some point in history and is only relevant if the spectrum were to go up for sale again. |
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to patcat88
Re: USA already has 100% coverage wildblue != broadband |
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Re: Tens-of-Billions of What? Close enough for you?
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | If you find me one detailing used and unused spectrum, I'd be ecstatic. That's a good start though, thanks. |
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»www.dailywireless.org/2010/06/18···carcity/ |
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| Nothing new here 98% of everything Obama says is empty rhetoric. Hes a politican....
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| Wireless Satellite Internet, hahaha With the launch of the ViaSat 1 with 140Gbps capacity (in service maybe late 2011 if it don't get dropped again) and
Hughesnet Jupiter(?Gbps) for launch in 2012, then sure the country will have 98% coverage with high speed(other than 600ms+ lag times).
But if a satellite(or two) dies or has a electrical failure, future millions could be without high speed(just over 1 million 'residential' users are now on Hughesnet and WildBlue combined), unlike if a fiber optic line or copper gets cut and can be repaired within a couple of days.
And Satellite Caps are so low until the 2 new high throughput satellites get in service, with hopes of higher caps for video streaming.
Satellite is a bandaid for people who live far from any townsite. But the Telco's and Cableco's keep suing small towns that try to put in their own fiber to the home, since the Cablesco's and Telco's refuse to spend anything above a small portion of the billions of dollars of profits that mergers and tax free incentives have given them.
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Canada isn't much better off, but at least towns have the option to get high speed wireline if they are very aggressive to get a government subsidy for the Telco to add in DSL. Otherwise they are stuck with wireless providers that can't keep up with the bandwidth needed for the modern Internet of video's and cat pictures. And the coming low caps will kill some Internet video sites, of movies and TV(to prevent cable cutters and to keep the expensive movie ticket alive).
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Re: Tens-of-Billions of What? Well Verizon and AT&T don't use the 2100 MHz band they hold. So thats some.
Heres maps of The 700Mhz they hold and in what markets they have more spectrum. AT&T's is probably larger from the Qualcomm spectrum acquisition recently
»thinkd2c.wordpress.com/2009/08/2···-vs-att/ |
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| about stupid obama plans I am sorry but obama plan for next gen wireless is not going to happen at all from what I can see and why would anybody wants to go with cell phone company for broadband access that limits your speed and gives you broadband cap of 5GB of month then they charge you out of the a$$ if you go over that small cap of 5GB. I think if want better access to broadband give money to smaller/medium wisp's so they can grow bigger and provide better service to ppl. |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to patcat88
Re: USA already has 100% coverage said by patcat88:With Wildblue and Iridium we already have 100 % cellphone and broadband coverage in the USA.
yes wildblue is "broadband. With 1500 MS latency and low cap. Yeah ok. When is 1.5 Mbps considered broadband? I though the defintion was 4 Mbps? |
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| Mr. President you are a joke. Nice lets not face the fact that our economy and states are falling apart. Lets think about giving everyone Internet and or wireless broadband!
Come on we need 98% of US OF A on facebook. |
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Re: Nothing new here said by ender7074:98% of everything Obama says is empty rhetoric. Hes a politican....
And G.W. Bush and other republicans? Gave tens of billions in Tax breaks to these corporations to screw people over and over again.
Sure would be nice if Government would stop catering to big business, who see Reganism profits over the consumers well being.
How the lawsuits going against Net Neutrality. To prevent enforcement of Consumer laws that should of been made and enforced a decade ago, to get killed by billion dollar companies who have Monopolies in many markets.
The Comcast CEO(or other executives) should of been arrested for hacking users connections(to stop file transfers), but are still free to one day do it again. Hacking can be a 3 year prison sentence.
And all those towns that try to put in their own wireline/fiber Internet(since the local provider does not exist or has very low speeds), to then get sued to stop construction, by Internet companies that get funding from republican money launderers(political donation my ass). |
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Re: USA already has 100% coverage where've you been? The FCC can't define or touch the Internet. Their definition doesn't mean shit and the ISPs know that. Broadband is what ever the ISP decides it is. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to AndyDufresne
Re: Tens-of-Billions of What? Yes I know, that's where a lot of the "billions of dollars" quotes come from. It still doesn't answer my questions regarding how much spectrum is used, planned to be used, or simply "squatted" on. Besides, the article is a little dated given AT&T's announcement that it will begin deploying LTE this year. |
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