[opendtv] Re: Why did we undertake this transition in the first place?
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:03:45 -0500
Mark,
Good point, you always have the most perceptive comments.
Damn, why didn't I think of that?
Bob Miller
Mark Schubin wrote:
>>Why did we undertake this transition in the first place? To free up
>>spectrum for resale to wireless service providers. Period.
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>I'd say that was the reason in the second place.
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>When the FCC began its work in 1987, the purpose was the delivery of
>"advanced television," with no indication of freeing up spectrum. In
>fact, at the time it was thought that "advanced television" could
>require MORE spectrum, not less. It was only after GI's introduction of
>all-digital transmission (Zenith had previously proposed an
>analog/digital hybrid) that the docket changed from "advanced
>television" to "digital television." The latter, of course, allowed the
>possibility of freed-up spectrum.
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>
>
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