 spamdPremium
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Cherry Valley, IL | reply to BF69
Re: Cmon DTV said by BF69:except most sat users are like my friend that has direcTv because he lives out of town and has no option for cable. which of course means he has no option for internet. So if sat fails people like my friend won't be turning to hulu etc for Tv they will have no choice but to get TV OTA which severely limits what one can watch. I bet at least 1/3 if not MUCH more of sat subscribers don't have access to broadband. Which wouldn't be a problem IF they had high speed internet access mind you. Keep in mind 4G is around the corner. 4G is and will provide these outlining areas with the speed they need. It's just a matter of time. |
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Sammer
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Canonsburg, PA | Around the corner as in 5 years for most metropolitan areas and longer than that for rural areas and many small towns. Wireless is also more likely to have caps that could put a real dent in using it for video. |
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spamdPremium
join:2001-04-22
Cherry Valley, IL | »reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10···-51.html
Uhhh, no.. 4G LTE will run on the now sold 700mhz band that SD TV ran on. You do remember those huge 1000ft antenas for the local tv station right? Well those 1000ft antennas are going to be the same ones used for 4G. That's why the wireless companies such as Verizon are paying BILLIONS of dollars to get those frequencies. Because the signal goes along way and can penetrate walls and buildings. Get it..
This also means that wireless cell companies no longer need hundreds of antennas for an area to cover they only need a few to cover the same area with the 700mzh band with 4G.
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to spamd
said by spamd:said by BF69:except most sat users are like my friend that has direcTv because he lives out of town and has no option for cable. which of course means he has no option for internet. So if sat fails people like my friend won't be turning to hulu etc for Tv they will have no choice but to get TV OTA which severely limits what one can watch. I bet at least 1/3 if not MUCH more of sat subscribers don't have access to broadband. Which wouldn't be a problem IF they had high speed internet access mind you. Keep in mind 4G is around the corner. 4G is and will provide these outlining areas with the speed they need. It's just a matter of time. The only cell compnay with even 3G in my area is Verizon. And if they insist on their 5 GB monthly cap and $256 per GB overage then 4G is of no use for watching TV over the web. |
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spamdPremium
join:2001-04-22
Cherry Valley, IL | Yes that's today's business model. The next 4G business model will be different. It has to change and it will. The market is too competitive. You would be a fool to think that the next gen 4G network would be capped at 5GB. The times will change.
Imagine you pay VZW 1 wireless bill for EVERYTHING you use, IPTV, web, cell, ect. On top of that you will have multiple wifi devices on one account that will share one big data plan or individual plans. You will have 4G devices in your car(s), one dedicated to your home which is then distributed via 802.11abgn(?), your laptop(s) both wifi and air-card while on the go.
All a service provider needs to do is price it right. This includes bandwidth and any caps or restrictions.
The landscape is changing as we speak.
Lets not forget the enterprise benefits of this as well. I plan on buying 4G wifi for my enterprise connectivity needs as well. Weather it be for the main connection or as a backup to the T3.
Now where's my 700-800mhz 4G tester at?
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said by spamd:» reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10···-51.htmlUhhh, no.. 4G LTE will run on the now sold 700mhz band that SD TV ran on. You do remember those huge 1000ft antenas for the local tv station right? Well those 1000ft antennas are going to be the same ones used for 4G. That's why the wireless companies such as Verizon are paying BILLIONS of dollars to get those frequencies. Because the signal goes along way and can penetrate walls and buildings. Get it.. This also means that wireless cell companies no longer need hundreds of antennas for an area to cover they only need a few to cover the same area with the 700mzh band with 4G. » reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10···-51.html Trouble is, there's not enough 700 mHz spectrum available to accomodate everyone's broadband needs. Moving pictures take a TON of bandwidth-and you simply can't get away from this fact. |
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You are off a bit about how cellular technology works. They can't use 1000 ft towers to service large areas. The cell would be over saturated (not enough spectrum and bandwidth to go around) and many people would just end up with system busy messages. In urban areas they will actually need the same amount but then have to detune them. The new problem will become pilot pollution because the 700 carries a little bit farther than 850. It isn't much but enough that current spacing is a bit close but if they skipped every other cell the signal would carry that far. The issue is also transmit power of the tower and that of the mobile device. TV stations were broadcasting in many thousands of watts while cell towers and phones are limited to a very low wattage. To get the speed out of 4G the same towers are going to be used for the most part and the limiting aspect will be how much backhaul those companies can get in place. |
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