[opendtv] Re: FCC grabs 600 MHz band for broadband
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 01:25:48 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
2. In addition, you are saying, on those rare occasions in
which very many subscribers are following a live/linear program
on unicast sessions, the system may want to switch these
subscribers to a multicast session, in which the LTE broadcast
mode is used. In **this** example, indeed, use of the 600 MHz
band would work fine in urban environments,
Correct again, except for one minor detail...
There is nothing RARE about this application Bert.
You're quite wrong, Craig. Remember what we are talking about. In a system
consisting of small cells, a very large percentage of cell users are tuned to
one particular linear program. Something like the Superbowl. Enough to justify
dedicating spectrum **throughout** the entire cell network, to this one linear
program, as opposed to reusing that spectrum for the different needs of users
in different cells.
I'm afraid you miss this point consistently. Such events are exceedingly rare
for mobile networks. Would be nice to have real statistics on this, but at the
very most, a handful of hours per week, is my bet, if even that. Once again,
mobile viewing of linear broadcast TV, especially for a fee, has failed
consistently, everywhere.
For some weird reason you find it inappropriate to use the
600 MHz spectrum for a "paid" broadcast service that commercial
broadcasters, who do not pay for their spectrum, have shown no
interest in supporting.
You are merely expressing some fantasy of your own creation, and trying to pawn
it off as something the FCC wants. Creating a second TV broadcast service is
not remotely the intent. Let's do this yet again:
https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initiatives/incentive-auctions
"This increasing demand poses a major challenge to ensure that America's
wireless networks have the capacity to support the critical economic, public
safety, health care and other activities that rely on them. To meet this
challenge, the FCC has worked to **free up spectrum for wireless broadband
use**, removed regulatory and other barriers to the use of spectrum, and
enabled more efficient use of spectrum in numerous innovative ways."
Spectrum was freed up for wireless BROADBAND use. Please quote directly, either
from this paragraph, or from anything else the FCC has written 600 MHz
repurposing, where the FCC mentions just setting up another OTA TV broadcast
service. Anything you can find, Craig. Most people know the difference between
broadcast TV and Internet broadband access. NO ONE is bemoaning the lack of a
paid OTA TV system, Craig. The problem is inadequate/expensive broadband
access, hardly broadcast TV.
Broadcasters have had the opportunity to offer paid services via
their ATSC multiplexes for nearly two decades.
It's obvious, Craig. First off, you're sounding like the guy who wants to
cordon off California beaches and charge for admission, and then expects
everyone to marvel at how wonderful he is. They won't marvel, Craig.
Secondly and most importantly, the "broadcasters," and by this we're actually
talking about the congloms, the content owners, ALREADY have their little
walled gardens all over the country, over which they charge people like you for
the service. Why bother doing this OTA too? Remember that was attempted and
failed? The OTA spectrum is not enough to compete with the MVPDs, on such paid
services. Or with the OTT sites, for that matter. It's a non-starter, and
nothing to do with improving broadband access to the Internet.
Bert
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