MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

markbot · 03-13-2011, 06:00 PM

I guess you people aren't into sports, cable news, and reality TV. Neither am I, which is the reason I haven't paid for cable TV in several years. I am like the cable/satellite/telco operator's worst nightmare. I only subscribe to broadband and wireless voice/data (no cable tv or landline). At sometime point in the future you might be able to go all wireless. Time Warner tried to raise my broadband rates recently but I found out that Earthlink is reselling the SAME service, literally...I didn't even have to reset my modem, for cheaper and I recently switched (plus they have a discounted promo period). It was pretty amusing that they let me do this.

I mainly get my video fix via Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand (they recently made 5000 videos available for Prime members). I don't regularly watch TV shows except for Mad Men (great show BTW). I also have a TV tuner in my desktop connected to an antenna that gets great reception (I live in NYC, conveniently located by the largest broadcast transmitters). Windows Media Center is my DVR. My desktop is connected to a projector via HDMI cable. My blu-ray player is also web-enabled with various apps like Netflix and VUDU. And I have an iPhone, which acts as a personal video consumption device anywhere.

With the digital TV transition the broadcasters need less empty space between the channels and we will be able to use this freed up "white space" spectrum for unlicensed devices, like super wifi. This white space is really prime spectrum and has excellent propagation properties. Thus, in a place like NYC I might even be able to stop both my cable broadband and cell phone service (use Skype over wifi)...and just use white spaces wifi for everything....since an ISP could cover the entire island relatively easily.

03-13-2011, 06:00 PM	#113
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	I guess you people aren't into sports, cable news, and reality TV. Neither am I, which is the reason I haven't paid for cable TV in several years. I am like the cable/satellite/telco operator's worst nightmare. I only subscribe to broadband and wireless voice/data (no cable tv or landline). At sometime point in the future you might be able to go all wireless. Time Warner tried to raise my broadband rates recently but I found out that Earthlink is reselling the SAME service, literally...I didn't even have to reset my modem, for cheaper and I recently switched (plus they have a discounted promo period). It was pretty amusing that they let me do this. I mainly get my video fix via Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand (they recently made 5000 videos available for Prime members). I don't regularly watch TV shows except for Mad Men (great show BTW). I also have a TV tuner in my desktop connected to an antenna that gets great reception (I live in NYC, conveniently located by the largest broadcast transmitters). Windows Media Center is my DVR. My desktop is connected to a projector via HDMI cable. My blu-ray player is also web-enabled with various apps like Netflix and VUDU. And I have an iPhone, which acts as a personal video consumption device anywhere. With the digital TV transition the broadcasters need less empty space between the channels and we will be able to use this freed up "white space" spectrum for unlicensed devices, like super wifi. This white space is really prime spectrum and has excellent propagation properties. Thus, in a place like NYC I might even be able to stop both my cable broadband and cell phone service (use Skype over wifi)...and just use white spaces wifi for everything....since an ISP could cover the entire island relatively easily. Last edited by markbot; 03-13-2011 at 06:05 PM.