[opendtv] Re: News: FCC Sets Schedule for Next Round of White Space Tests
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:55:19 -0500
At 7:47 PM -0500 1/19/08, Tom Barry wrote:
Albert Manfredi wrote:
(I'm hoping that $ donated to a Congressman's campaign chest won't
change the laws of physics. Even though donated $ do seem to affect
the law of supply and demand to a huge degree.)
Those $$ cannot change the laws of physics but they do regularly
seem to change the measurements of said laws. I'll wager the FCC
again decides to not loosen up white space usage.
I think that whatever happens, it will be a win/win for the public.
The NAB and broadcasters have already conceded that licensed fixed
point-to-point systems could share the broadcast spectrum. Thus it
would be possible to operate wireless broadband-to-the-home/business
services that could compete with the telcos and cable. It might not
be possible to serve mobile devices, but there are alternatives that
solve that problem.
Put yourself into the shoes of Google and the other members of the
computer industry coalition.
If they can bypass the cable companies and telcos with big pipes to
the home, then they need only figure out how to deal with the mobile
services to provide a seamless broadband infrastructure. The mobile
side can be accommodated with a cellular network built using 700 MHz
spectrum - this spectrum might also be used for the back channel for
residential services, allowing the white spaces to be used only for
one way pipes to the home - this would be easy to control, and would
make the broadcasters happy. But the mobile side could also be built
using Wi-Fi. The white space spectrum could provide the big pipes to
feed the Wi-Fi nodes of the network. This gives you a three leg
network with some redundancy and potentially the ability to move bit
traffic around congestion.
Regards
Craig
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