[opendtv] Re: News: Remote-Sensing Devices Fail FCC White Spaces Test
- From: "johnwillkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:08:50 -0700
Craig;
Your conclusion is jaded and conclusory in nature, when that is not what the
85% says.
You, like many folk in the U.S. with cable-shaped heads, think there is
competition between cable and terrestrial.
You need to consider how many people would subscribe to cable if one of the
conveniences it DID NOT supply was the ease of pickup of local broadcast
signals.
Couple that with the near-terminal (until recently) rejection of a/b
switches that would have enabled consumers to dynamically switch to off-air
signals. If cable was so confident about it's value proposition, why not
offer this simple device as required by early 1980's cable rules? I would
have leveled the playing field a bit.
Also, let me repeat: since 1971 to last year, it was tv broadcasters
complaining about cable issues. Now, it's cable companies complaining to
the FCC about ota issues.
The tide has turned, the wind has shifted, and you're still sailing "bear
away" sets. The folks in cable have, instead, trimmed their sails. (No mixed
metaphors here, at least this time.)
John
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Friday, August 03, 2007 5:13 AM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: Remote-Sensing Devices Fail FCC White Spaces
Test
At 11:38 AM -0700 8/2/07, johnwillkie wrote:
>Only the truly ignorant or terminally jaded believe this. Somehow, you
>don't appear truly ignorant.
There you go again with the unnecessary insults.
85% of the homes in the U.S., which represent the VAST MAJORITY of
citizens of this country have decided that they prefer to get their
TV fix from a multi-channel service rather than an antenna.
Perhaps a better analogy would be another bit of government
infrastructure, the road system...
What if the Interstate highways were all toll roads used by 85% of
the population, while the other 15% could only drive on the traffic
crammed surface streets?
As usual, John, you miss the point completely. If the broadcast TV
spectrum were used efficiently, offering a free-to-air multichannel
service, the stats would be the other way around, with the VAST
MAJORITY using the spectrum based TV service. This is not idle
speculation, it has been proven in the UK with Freeview.
Alas, we have a broadcast TV service for which the only real purpose
is to use the force of government to deliver their product via OTHER
delivery systems, gaining additional revenue from those delivery
systems for what is a free service via an antenna. And THEN they have
the audacity to complain because someone might interfere with signals
that hardly anyone is using.
Now imagine that expansive Interstate highway system, but you can
only drive horses and buggys on it, because cars and trucks might
scare the horses...
Regards
Craig
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