amungus
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Ok, maybe I'm lost here, but why would a cable co. need much, if any, wireless spectrum?
They get signals from geostationary satellites in space from huge dishes. Those get piped through many many wires and eventually end up going through coax into your house...
What am I missing??? What good would any of this 'spectrum' do for them??? |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
 ·Comcast
| said by amungus  :Ok, maybe I'm lost here, but why would a cable co. need much, if any, wireless spectrum? They get signals from geostationary satellites in space from huge dishes. Those get piped through many many wires and eventually end up going through coax into your house... What am I missing??? What good would any of this 'spectrum' do for them??? Start their own wireless company. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
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said by amungus :Ok, maybe I'm lost here, but why would a cable co. need much, if any, wireless spectrum? They get signals from geostationary satellites in space from huge dishes. Those get piped through many many wires and eventually end up going through coax into your house... What am I missing??? What good would any of this 'spectrum' do for them??? Branching out into the wireless service field maybe?
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
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For the hardly sought after "quadruple play". Cablecos not bidding on spectrum isn't a huge surprise. It's outside of their market focus and would cost them significantly to even be able to exploit the spectrum if they somehow miraculously won the auction. |
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coxengr
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join:2002-03-09
Atlanta, GA | reply to amungus
This isn't new turf for the cable co's. We spent $2.4 billion on spectrum just last year...... »www.dailywireless.org/2006/09/18···ts-done/ |
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