[opendtv] Re: TV Technology: Survey: 17 Percent of U.S. Households Are OTA-Only
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 23:35:18 -0400
On Jul 18, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, we have been counting unemployment the same way for many years, and by
those methods, unemployment has gone way down. Not up. Whatever inaccuracies
there may be, people constantly complain about the same flaws the counting
methods. Unemployment now is ca. 5%, which is way lower than it was 3-4 years
ago.
We have been counting only people looking for jobs as unemployed for decades.
People who stop looking are not included in the percentages you cite. The
number of people who have stopped looking for a job is at the highest level
since the Carter administration.
Sorry, but the real unemployment numbers are HUGE.
Plus, many, many people, even quite poor, have smartphones these days.
Not sure what your point is, but you are correct. We now are using the
universal service fund to give smartphones to the poor. These phones are NOT
TVs, nor do they offer data plans that allow people to watch five hours a day
of entertainment. Even an average working person cannot afford that, as
cellular data is metered.
I don't get your logic. The fact that any of these technologies is expensive
is what makes both cable and FiOS (as far as FiOS exists) essentially local
monopolies. Doesn't matter whether forcing a cable bundle down your throat is
the only way they can afford it.
Not surprised! Yes these technologies are expensive. Incumbents that have spent
decades building infrastructure and developing Triple Play services have a huge
advantage over a new entrant. It is very difficult to achieve a decent return
on investment by overbuilding an incumbent and selling only broadband. Even
Google states that 60% of its Google Fiber customers ALSO BUY A MVPD bundle.
But the ONT also has an Ethernet interface which can be connected
to any commercial router inside the home.
Yes, so in theory, you might say, go from Ethernet direct to a WiFi router.
Forget having to install coax or cat-5e indoors. Problem is, the utilities
are way over to a side, behind the garage. And inside the garage can get
fairly hot in summer and cold in winter, not a good place for the WiFi router.
Huh?
You can put the ONT at the point of service at the garage. It is designed to
function at the extremes you have noted. All you would need is a single Cat 5
wire from there into your home.
All of which says they would have to install either coax or cat-5e, to reach
a more central location for the modem. So I say, DON'T! Instead, use the
existing telephone wiring, as you cleverly did for ADSL. Everything is
already set up.
The modem is in the ONT. All you need is a wireless router, which probably
includes a multi port Ethernet router if you want to connect a computer
directly.
When my DSL was installed they placed a line filter at the point of service
outside the house. The filtered output was connected to the existing twisted
pair house wiring. I had to run another wire carrying the unfiltered signal
from the point of service to the modem, which I installed in a closet with my
Ethernet router and WiFi router - I installed Ethernet drops to every bedroom,
the family room and our garage before WiFi became a viable alternative. Those
wires, the twisted pair wires, and most of the coax wires in our house are now
collecting dust...
When we switch to cable broadband I ran new coax from the point of service to a
new splitter next to the cable modem. This splitter feeds the modem, the family
room TV, and the old coax network which feeds a TV in the grandkids play room.
I use the Cat5 to the garage to feed the old WiFi router that I replaced with
an Apple Airport Time Capsule (WiFi, router, and 1TB hard disk that backs up
our computers). I use WiFi in the garage when I'm brewing.
Regards
Craig
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