I read somewhere that the 700 mhz signal can penetrate buildins to a certain degree. So, if you weren't able to get a signal in your office or basement before, you will now. This'll definitely be a perk for me since I don't even get a signal in my house :(
Other than that.. beats me. All I know is that Asia still has better phones.
To answer your question its part of the oringal Analog tv signal. It can go through pretty much anything. So verizon/At&T (if they wanted too) can make them giant Wifi allowing almost 99% of the the United States to have High Speed internet like 10mb/s downloading. I suspect they will do that and Verizon will probally use the C Block for their VCAST TV. It opens up alot of possibilities for many things. I Don't care who won what. I'm just glad that it has been sold and will finally be used for some pretty cool things.
So now that brings the question - is this one of the factors that compelled the FCC to force the digitization of TV signals? Are they trying to free up the frequencies so we can have national wifi?
It's a little of both and alot of other reasons as well. Alot of the other Blocks of the 700MHz weren't sold, because the Goverment is going to use them for emergency frequencies and goverment data. Another reason is that HD is getting to the small point of Mainstream, so the goverment wanted to put everything on Digital. In general, no matter the reason, It's pretty much a great thing for everyone. Verizon, AT&T, consumer, etc. It opens up alot of possibilities. Like Cell Service anywhere and Internet everywhere. This is a very nice step for the entire country.
Um, no. Not a possiblity that they can create a giant WiFi network covering 99% of the US at 10Mbps. I HATE when people do this on the internet. There's enough stupidity out there already. 700Mhz isn't even ideal for data transmission. Leave that to the Ghz bands.
Look - the 700Mhz block is valuable for two important reasons:
1) Signal penetration, which has been discussed, which is also related to coverage area. The 700Mhz band allows for a wider coverage area per tower, though there's an incremental investment for carriers as it doesn't allow for a higher efficiency (i.e. fewer Mhz per channel), just a longer range. Think about how ubiquitous broadcast TV is.
2) The huge, geographically contiguous blocks of spectrum are also important. Having a nationwide wireless network makes no sense if you need sextuple-band handsets.
I think you need to go back to physics. 700MHz is a wavelength. Not a data determinate. Based on the frequency table. Also please, oh please tell me why and how, if 700MHz is so powerless, did they push all that video content through it? Also why do the experts have the same idea, in which I said. I guess Microsoft, Intel, Google, AT&T, Verizon, etc, just don't know what they are talking about. Maybe you should HATE yourself for saying stupid things that "There's enough stupidity out there already."
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What exactly does this all mean?
Besides the man's plan to take over the world and screwing us consumers.
No seriously, what exactly is the 700Mhz going to do for us?
I'll second your question. I feel somewhat stupid that I have no frakking clue what this all means.
I read somewhere that the 700 mhz signal can penetrate buildins to a certain degree. So, if you weren't able to get a signal in your office or basement before, you will now. This'll definitely be a perk for me since I don't even get a signal in my house :(
Other than that.. beats me. All I know is that Asia still has better phones.
To answer your question its part of the oringal Analog tv signal. It can go through pretty much anything. So verizon/At&T (if they wanted too) can make them giant Wifi allowing almost 99% of the the United States to have High Speed internet like 10mb/s downloading. I suspect they will do that and Verizon will probally use the C Block for their VCAST TV. It opens up alot of possibilities for many things. I Don't care who won what. I'm just glad that it has been sold and will finally be used for some pretty cool things.
So now that brings the question - is this one of the factors that compelled the FCC to force the digitization of TV signals? Are they trying to free up the frequencies so we can have national wifi?
@G Kabik
It's a little of both and alot of other reasons as well. Alot of the other Blocks of the 700MHz weren't sold, because the Goverment is going to use them for emergency frequencies and goverment data. Another reason is that HD is getting to the small point of Mainstream, so the goverment wanted to put everything on Digital. In general, no matter the reason, It's pretty much a great thing for everyone. Verizon, AT&T, consumer, etc. It opens up alot of possibilities. Like Cell Service anywhere and Internet everywhere. This is a very nice step for the entire country.
@ Killer
Um, no. Not a possiblity that they can create a giant WiFi network covering 99% of the US at 10Mbps. I HATE when people do this on the internet. There's enough stupidity out there already. 700Mhz isn't even ideal for data transmission. Leave that to the Ghz bands.
Look - the 700Mhz block is valuable for two important reasons:
1) Signal penetration, which has been discussed, which is also related to coverage area. The 700Mhz band allows for a wider coverage area per tower, though there's an incremental investment for carriers as it doesn't allow for a higher efficiency (i.e. fewer Mhz per channel), just a longer range. Think about how ubiquitous broadcast TV is.
2) The huge, geographically contiguous blocks of spectrum are also important. Having a nationwide wireless network makes no sense if you need sextuple-band handsets.
Ummmm...Econ.
I think you need to go back to physics. 700MHz is a wavelength. Not a data determinate. Based on the frequency table. Also please, oh please tell me why and how, if 700MHz is so powerless, did they push all that video content through it? Also why do the experts have the same idea, in which I said. I guess Microsoft, Intel, Google, AT&T, Verizon, etc, just don't know what they are talking about. Maybe you should HATE yourself for saying stupid things that "There's enough stupidity out there already."