If over-the-air TV were abolished, that would leave all broadcast media in the hands of Comcast and Verizon and their $100+ charges.
It amounts to a communication tax on the entire population. -John ================= > Might be worth a read of some of Charlie Rhodes' columns at TV > Technology. The > latest is "Can Terrestrial Broadcasting and GPS Co-exist in Adjoining > Spectrum?" > and is at http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/122176 > > Over the years Charlie has presented what seems IMHO to be valid reasons > why TV > white spaces - aka guardbands - exist and that terrestrial TV needs them. > Same > applies for GPS and LS. I'd at least agree that the need for white > spaces is one > main reason why "Terrestrial TV simply cannot use all the bandwidth it is > allotted". Of course, my meaning of "use" here is that of "occupy". I > think Mr. > Rhodes would contend even un-occupied spectrum is in use... > > Bob LaJeunesse > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: paul swed <[email protected]>; Discussion of precise time and > frequency > measurement <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, June 30, 2011 3:45:10 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lightsquared goes Global... > > Terrestrial TV simply cannot use all the bandwidth it is allotted. > Spectrum has > been whittled away at least twice. Once to create T-band. Again a little > bit > when HDTV was rolled out. The band needs to be trimmed with a sawzall. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paul swed <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:09:06 > To: <[email protected]>; Discussion of precise time and frequency > measurement<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lightsquared goes Global... > > Scratching the ole head. "TVs a waste"? A comment on the editorial content > perhaps? > But then how does any of that really have anything to do with Time-nuts. > Regards > Paul. > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That is the "white space" plan. It is still active. It is an attempt to >> use >> wasted TV bandwidth. >> >> TV bandwidth is a waste. It is not a growing business. However, the MS >> scheme is kind of dumb. The gear would sniff the ether and automatically >> use >> the spectrum. They should really just refarm the spectrum. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David VanHorn <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:04:42 >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement< >> [email protected]> >> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lightsquared goes Global... >> >> >> Years ago, microsoft wanted to take over one of the ham bands, 2m or 440 >> I >> forget which, for satellites for internet in poor areas. >> Swatch wanted to have everyone change to "beats" instead of seconds and >> minutes. >> >> Stupid ideas abound, but they usually fall apart. >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of >> Bruce Lane [[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:45 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lightsquared goes Global... >> >> Seems to me such an issue only increases the chance of >> Lightsquared's >> whacked-out ideas getting shot down in flames (as they should be). >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
