[opendtv] Re: News: Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 23:33:00 -0500
On Dec 2, 2007 8:24 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/business/02frame.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&o
> ref=slogin
>
> > Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape
> >
> > By DENISE CARUSO
> > Published: December 2, 2007
>
> I forgot to mention that one radio option mentioned in that NPR piece
> was also cell phone delivery, just like this article describes.
>
> The hype should always be tempered with reality, though. If everyone
> really does jump ship and expect unicast delivery (meaning
> individualized choice of content and time) of their entertainment,
> wirelessly, that will take a lot more spectrum than TV and radio do now,
> and a lot more costly infrastructure.
>
> What makes it work now is that demand is still low overall, and is
> mostly over the wired Internet.
>
> Some of these predictions remind me of "a helicopter in every driveway."
>
> Bert
10 years is a long time. Expect multiple Gbps wireless Internet long before
that. At least the last mile wireless, the last connection to the end user
will be inexpensive multi-Gbps. Almost as good as a helicopter in every
driveway.
Bob Miller
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