Bob, sadly there isn't. I've talked to many of them and their hands are tied because Viacom, NBC Universal, etc., etc. won't license it over wireless networks.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:02 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:11 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is imminent. The questions is: whose network? -RickG >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Robert West >>> <[email protected]> >>> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > 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 <[email protected]> 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. Some consumers I am >>> >> sure >>> >> are going to say that's not fair and some clueless law makers will >>> >> likely believe them. >>> >> >>> >> I have already heard some 'expert' IT people on blogs brag that >>> >> bandwidth costs ISP's virtually nothing and the only reason for >>> >> bitcaps is to prevent competing video services from taking market >>> >> share. >>> >> >>> >> Matt >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > ---- >>> >> WISPA Wants You! 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