[opendtv] Re: B&C: Microsoft Claims Rural White Spaces Plan Could Cost Less Than $12 Billion
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:09:14 -0400
On Jul 16, 2017, at 9:16 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
So when I told you that broadcasters might choose to deploy
technologies in their spectrum that will allow them to remain
competitive, I was not limiting this to the voluntary ATSC 3.0
standards.
Now you're contradicting yourself. This is what you wrote, which is why I
took you to task:
Bottom line, in five years there could be three industries
competing to offer low power TV and broadband in rural markets.
Broadcasters using ATSC 3.0
Telcos using various cellular and OFDM Broadcast technologies
And companies using the white space spectrum
Fair Enough. I was not completely clear here, as I was in the follow up post.
And having looked through the current list of ATSC 3.0 standards, I saw no
evidence that this was in the works. Doesn't mean it's totally out of the
question, so that's why I was looking for you to provide justification, which
you do not have. In spite of (deliberately?) vague allusions to interactive
functions, from very early on in ATSC 3.0 development, which the innocent and
trade scribes assumed meant interaction over the broadcast channel, nothing
I've read suggests that ATSC 3.0 would become a broadband service provider
standard.
As I said in the follow up, there is nothing to prevent broadcasters from
asking the ATSC to add support for a broadband, or to ask the FCC to allow them
to use another standard. I would also point out that the NAB was critical about
the potential for Microsoft and its partners to use white spaces to compete in
the broadcast TV business, which IS a feature of ATSC 3.0.
All you needed to say was that no, you had no justification for your comment
above. It was pure conjecture.
Obviously predicting the future is "conjecture" Bert.
What is more important here is the shift in policy regarding the role the FCC
has played historically with respect to spectrum regulation. I highly recommend
obtaining a copy of The Political Spectrum, as it really puts all of this into
the proper perspective. A very enjoyable read...
Regards
Craig
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