CMoore2004
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
| 2009?
Wow, 2009. Why so quick? It'll thrive after Sprint's entire network is EVDO Rev A and they have WiMax deployed. Now, I must go, as I have to join reality.
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spurious
join:2001-06-09
Florence, OR | How will the FCC react?
If the FCC looks at this in the same vein as it does BPL, it will turn a blind eye on any possible interference issues and let this technology proceed.  |
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balance101
@pacbell.net | hrmm who will the fcc side with
who will pay them more?
That's the question |
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Google
@rcn.com
| Would use the Google service for sure. But the problem is the structure of the FCC. If the FCC is republican controlled there is NO WAY they are going to allow it because Google wireless cant be tapped by the NSA like we saw with Verizon, AT&T and others. Qwest with Vinod Khosla was one of the few which didn't.
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | There is no white space....
Not in major markets, anyway. With the government taking away channels 52+, there's very little space available in the spectrum allocated to TV channels. 6MHz gaps? No such thing; some channels are on adjacent allocations already. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by russotto  :Not in major markets, anyway. With the government taking away channels 52+, there's very little space available in the spectrum allocated to TV channels. 6MHz gaps? No such thing; some channels are on adjacent allocations already. What about rural areas like where I live. Now I live in a small city so I can get broadband, but friends that live a few miles out only have dial-up. If I was wanting to start an ISP it seems that I would tap into a underserved market like rual areas than try to compete in a market where most of the people who want broadband already have it and aren't likely to switch. |
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dlhusk
Premium
join:2002-06-29
Carrabelle, FL |  More Pie In The Sky!!!
I love the way these "dreamers and schemers" come up with this futuristic stuff. How about just getting what is here working right! |
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AnonDOG
@verizon.net
| reply to Google
Re: hrmm who will the fcc side with
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... because Google wireless cant be tapped by the NSA like we saw with Verizon, AT&T and others ...
Don't delude yourself. While I don't think they would bother to monitor this system, they certainly could. I hasten to point out that Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and virtually every embassy in the US not only could, but would. It is after all what intelligence services do, isn't it? |
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NYC Girl
Premium
join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Optimum Voice
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Re: 2009?
Yes, $10.00 plus, $20.00 in surcharges, taxes, and fees.... Too good to be true....   |
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kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO
| Interesting...
Seems like this spectrum could be best used for inexpensive backhaul connections to link remote areas. From there, last mile could be served via wifi, wimax, etc.
Using this spectrum in such a way could truly connect the entire country without the expense of trenching countless miles of additional fiber or copper.
This could also result in an explosion of public NAPs across the country, dramatically improving upon our current routing bottlenecks. Substantially reduced latency and improved throughput throughout the entire Internet could be the result.
Unfortunately, I think the telcos/cablecos will do EVERYTHING in the power to prevent anything resembling such a common sense plan. |
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flushls
join:2004-11-02
Joyce, WA
| the problem is low freq modulation
The best you could hope for with this stuff is a meg or so with lots of packet loss @ latency.
I have worked with 900 mhz stuff it is like this on a good day.
once you get up it 2.4 - 11 ghz the whole digital modulation thing is better it just requires some sort of line of sight. plus with the higher freqs you have less interference and can reuse the same freqs over and over.
my .02 after hanging broadband radios for 2 years.
FCC = Full Corporate Control. |
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