I know they have business partners that handle the MDU / planned community sort of things, and they definitely have the equipment to make it work.
However, if you want to transmit television over/under public property/ROW such as public roads or off your private property, you are a cable provider. You then have to be a registered cable company and meet local franchise requirements (such as coverage requirements, franchies fees, PEG channels), or an Open Video provider (as described by the FCC) and be subject to the conditions of that type of business. Something like HITS (headend in the sky) is often used for smaller cable systems. I'm sure there are some others as well. I have reason to believe the sat companies will not provide the channels or gear to you if you appear to be doing the TV content distribution business outside of the law. We're setup as a DirecTV dealer in addition to our ISP business. We like their TV technology ourselves, and we like helping people get away from TimeWarner/Roadrunner. We also get a sales commision and are compensated for the installs. We're not selling a ton yet, as it's a fairly complex mix of options and we're still getting up to speed. On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:19:07AM -0400, Robert West wrote: > Never thought of that. Anyone else doing this? I'm not up to doing this > yet but always planning ahead, maybe in 6 to 12 months. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Curtis Maurand > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:44 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > > > Try talking to DirectTV or Dish Networks. They'll deal with you to resell. > --C > Robert West wrote: > > Would the Free To Air stuff work at all? I have some customers who do > Free > > To Air but I have yet to even look at one of their setups to see what type > > of content they are getting. But is Free To Air also Free to > Rebroadcast??! > > > > > > I tried to deal with Time Warner as just being a reseller of their content > > but they just yawned. I wanted to setup a building to install the > > individual digital boxes in for each customer ant Time Warner would just > > install in that building as needed. Then stream the video channel to the > > customer. Not gonna fly with Time Warner. > > > > Anyone else out there doing TV over IP? How are you setting this up and > how > > are you obtaining rights to rebroadcast the video content? Certainly > there > > HAS to be a group that we can purchase content from. > > > > Bob- > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:14 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > > > > I've looked into doing traditional TV over IP and wireless networks... > You > > can't obtain a license for traditional TV over wireless networks. > > > > I wouldn't mind coming up with a half assed list of places of good video > > content. > > > > > > ----- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Clint Ricker" <cric...@kentnis.com> > > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:11 AM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > > > > > >> I am all too aware of the weakness of wireless networks in regards to > >> streaming of video. > >> > >> That said, I cannot see how over the top video is a bad thing for > >> independent ISPs, even if wireless technology has to make some progress > to > >> handle it. It removes triple play as a competitive advantage for your > >> competitors and hurts them a LOT more than it costs the independent ISPs. > >> If anything, independent ISPs (especially wireline independent ISPs) > >> should > >> be advertising "Internet access, includes 10 million channels for FREE" > >> and > >> get people to shift the $1,500-$2,000 a year that they are spending on > >> triple play packages over your way. > >> > >> -Clint Ricker > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> This is imminent. The questions is: whose network? -RickG > >>> > >>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Robert West > <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> One thing you can bank on, it WILL take hold. > >>>> > >>>> The need for more Bandwidth won't be stopped anytime soon, I believe. > >>>> Eventually most if not all communications will run over the same > >>>> network, > >>>> which if you think about it, all the communications out there seem to > >>>> > >>> touch > >>> > >>>> the internet at least in part. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >>>> Behalf Of Clint Ricker > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:21 AM > >>>> To: WISPA General List > >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > >>>> > >>>> For the mainstream ISPs (the big RBOCs and MSOs), their bandwidth costs > >>>> > >>> are > >>> > >>>> very, very low and are a small fraction of their overall costs. > >>>> However, > >>>> that statement does ignore the costs of perpetually upgrading their > >>>> > >>> network > >>> > >>>> to handle larger volumes of bandwidth. From a cost perspective, that > >>>> is > >>>> > >>> the > >>> > >>>> main motivation for the big players to shape traffic. However, even > >>>> that > >>>> > >>> is > >>> > >>>> small compared to the potential loss of revenue if "over the top" video > >>>> takes hold. > >>>> > >>>> -Clint > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Matt <lm7...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> It's back.... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552503,00.html?test=latestnews > >>>>>> > >>>>> I am just waiting for them to say bitcaps are a no no. When you think > >>>>> about it with a bit cap you cannot really use the Internet to > >>>>> completely replace the catv or dish service. 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