http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/ Engadget Comments for Comcast could serve TV over WiMAX, inflate your bill even higher http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher]]>Sep 16th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://twitpic.com/hqdd9]]>Sep 16th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/
This kind of thinking, that telephone companies don't need to invest in higher speed DSL or fiber to the home, is why ATT is doomed. Their management doesn't care that they are losing landline subscribers, because they think everybody will just use a 4G connection for their homes. Verizon understands this won't work, which is why they have been spending billions on FiOS - only not fast enough for everyone's liking (well, not fast enough for me anyway), because their competition hasn't been pushing them enough. WiMax and LTE will not be solutions for broadband to the home, and any cable company or telco that doesn't understand this won't be around in 10 years (unless the "competition" that the FCC deems is sufficient is equally clueless.

That's American corporate management - doing as little as possible for as much as they can charge.]]>Sep 16th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/
I have a sprint data card, and I regularly watch Youtube videos on a laptop using it. I also use a Sling Player connection over it. Youtube works "okay". Sling Player works quite well actually. It depends what you expect. I certainly don't watch either of these full screen. With the sling player I tend to shrink it down and stick it in the corner while I web surf. So the video size is probably comparable to what you'd use on a phone.

Still not saying they could handle this if enough people did it. AT&T can't handle the web traffic coming off iPhones and is scared of what enabling MMS (meaning photos taken with PHONES for gods sakes) on the iPhone, let alone letting anybody watch video over their cell network.

Personally I would consider Comcast as a cell phone provider but only if their coverage was comparable, their data was better than AT&T and they offered the iPhone. And even then I still wouldn't pay them extra for their TV service on a phone. It might help to sway me to their service vs. somebody else, but that's all.]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/
And meanwhile, America continues to fall further and further down the telecommunications charts, every year becoming more and more the laughingstock of the world.]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/
@hexydes, yes, in a perfect world those giving little for a lot would be punished. But in the sad but true real world where there is no real competition (like TV or landline phones), the barrier to entry prevents those slackers from getting punished. But you're right about the US being a laughingstock in the telecom world.]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 18th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 16th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/comcast-could-serve-tv-over-wimax-inflate-your-bill-even-higher/Sep 17th 2009 1:53AM