[opendtv] Re: Google Fiber 2.0 targets the city where it will stage its comeback, as AT&T Fiber prepares to go nuclear | ZDNet
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:06:43 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Earth to Bert...
We have discussed this possibility for several years.
Typical. Earth to Craig. To date, wireless broadband, which would have the
potential for offering real ISP competition to households again, has been for
use with mobile hosts, and has been much too costly for use as a home
(unlimited data caps, or practically unlimited) broadband connection.
This new scheme from Google, and btw AT&T and Verizon have BOTH also mentioned
this new approach, is a fixed broadband wireless service. It is designed to
compete against cabled broadband to homes. For example, just as Goggle can
credibly compete in AT&T neighborhoods, so can Verizon! Credibly. Not by having
to dig trenches and lay cable to each home.
So think back. Remember when you were insisting that there was already enough
competition among ISPs to households, and I said poppycock? There is not. At
best, two options, and most often, just one. But I did suggest that with
*wireless* broadband service to homes, potentially the lack of competition
could be resolved. This is happening now. Not years ago, Craig.
So, new possibility of multiple competing ISPs again, to homes, plus households
would be able to switch from one service to another rather quickly. As opposed
to the hassle it is today. A real game changer, Craig. You totally missed it.
We've even seen pictures of small cells on telephone poles for cellular
(not wireless data to the home).
Femtocells may well play a part, but until now, femtocells have been for mobile
use. Often, just to achieve better indoor reception.
There is one more bit of good news. With the new administration and Pai
at the FCC, we are likely to see a more relaxed regulatory environment
that will encourage the major players to invest in this hybrid
infrastructure.
Naw. There has never been any regulatory" issue against this, EVER. The problem
was only technical. What is making this approach possible now is 4G, and
better, 5G. There's nothing chiseled in stone that says these cellular
technologies must only apply to mobile use. If optimized for fixed service, you
can achieve better spectral efficiency and even better echo tolerance.
Bert
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