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 elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | Will Wireless Compete? Of course it will.
Spectrum is finite, but it still relatively cheap and abundant, and not always subject to saturation. LTE and other fixed-wireless options will be quite attractive compared to lower-performing DSL-with-non-optional-dialtone. | |
|  | KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Will Wireless Compete? Once the business model of fixed LTE migrates away from the completely useless 5gb cap and huge overages it will be competitive.
Some things that can soften the bandwidth blow of course would be cap free time blocks such as 11pm-7am.
The problem is this would not help Netflix users.... And sadly the one great solution will never happen because content owners are 100% technophobic.
That solution is "Restricted Bandwidth Caching" or in short an option for Netflix people to cache online content for viewing during times under the cap. But I get the feeling that content owners would never ever let that idea fly.
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| | |  BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Will Wireless Compete? said by Kearnstd:Once the business model of fixed LTE migrates away from the completely useless 5gb cap and huge overages it will be competitive.
Some things that can soften the bandwidth blow of course would be cap free time blocks such as 11pm-7am.
The problem is this would not help Netflix users.... And sadly the one great solution will never happen because content owners are 100% technophobic.
That solution is "Restricted Bandwidth Caching" or in short an option for Netflix people to cache online content for viewing during times under the cap. But I get the feeling that content owners would never ever let that idea fly.
Caching may work for PCs or game console who would it work for things like roku or smart TVs or other devices with limited storage? | |
| | | elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | Cap free time is fine, so long as it doesn't result in saturation of the network - throttling will still be necessary. No need to punish people who have irregular hours just because a minority of users need to prove how much they can download.
As for supporting Netflix, well, if subscribers and/or Netflix want to pay for the bandwidth that Netflix consumes, they're welcome to ante up, but I don't see why we need to revamp the last mile just to support another pay-tv medium. Satellite works just fine. | |
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| | will wireless compete.... What susan crawford understands that many technologists don't seem to want to, is that our problems are largely political, not technological, and the political issues are much more intractable. Really disruptive technological change can alter the political balance but evolution, such as lte advanced, won't do that.
I don't see how small cells, lte advanced or more spectrum is going to solve the issue. Much of what is said in the article about lte advanced could be said about 4g over 3g but 4g hasn't significantly changed pricing or caps. None of the above are going to break att/verizon's control of the market.
The big question is whether the article is right about competition. This is the central problem. The sprint softbank deal has some potential. White space has some potential. I don't see t-mobile or sprint without softbank making significant inroads into the ATT/verizon dominance of the market. | |
|  RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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1 edit | Will wireless compete with broadband? Not unless they SERIOUSLY raise their caps and drop prices, otherwise they'll never be an option for home and/or full time connections. I can see it being a good option where DSL, Cable and/or WISP's don't have service, but that's it for serious full time connections. | |
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