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Longport, NJ
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1 edit | Funny name; but decent service |
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| Will be interesting... if they dont cap it! I honestly would not mind 50 mbps down and 3 up on MVDDS as an option to rival my ATT dsl thats the only option available to my semi rural area in IL. To bad the majority of the spectrum is held by south .com aka: Dish network, and DTV Norwich aka: cablevision. This technology would be a great rival to traditional satellite Internet as well as Verizon fusion as long as they keep the price low and don't cap the heck out of it. Id be willing to go on a limb to say if they offered 25/1.5 mbps for $15-20 a month and promote it in an ATT dsl only market ( such as here) they would easily cherry pick all ATT dsl customers.
This is one spectrum that I highly believe should be a FCC test bed for "use it or loose it" licenses given its position to disrupt the non-existent free market and its only licensed in the USA. |
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Re: Funny name; but different service But you can't buy it for $29.95. It will cost over $40 per month ($55/month with phone): said by the fine print :
Additional $10.00/month equipment fees and TAXes will apply.
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | What about the upstream? My understanding is that each television market has a MVDDS license that provides plenty of downstream (shared with DBS) spectrum but that the license doesn't include upstream spectrum. |
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Re: Funny name; but different service Well if the Internet access is all you want then you may be able to purchase your equipment outright and save on the monthly fees and taxes. However with the phone service included I can see that equipment being rented and forcible taxed to hell.
Just get magicjack / nettalk service for a flat fee yearly. Or if your a tech such as myself purchase an OBI110 and add google voice on it and cut out the middle man for your home phone service. Since I hardly use my home line its there only in case I need a back up now. |
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Re: What about the upstream? Upstream from my understanding is on a different frequency and currently is limited to 3 mpbs upload... which IMHO is a hell of a lot better than ATT DSL and there 768K upload limit. |
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1 edit | Where does it say cablevision? This is not a cablevision product. The website does not mention cablevision at all. The fixed wireless article is wrong.
One of the dolans invested in the company. |
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Re: What about the upstream? said by buddahbless:Upstream from my understanding is on a different frequency and currently is limited to 3 mpbs upload... which IMHO is a hell of a lot better than ATT DSL and there 768K upload limit. DSL in America has always been a joke. ADSL2+ would have provided millions of Americans with quality broadband.
This is just another private market failure, where the industry gets to 'self-regulate'. In other words, pick the most profitable customers only. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to buddahbless
said by buddahbless:Upstream from my understanding is on a different frequency and currently is limited to 3 mpbs upload...
There isn't a problem now but if MVDDS internet becomes popular the availability of suitable upstream frequencies could vary in different parts of the country. You're right that it could be better than at least some DSL and coming from towers should have a huge advantage (if not burdened by unreasonable caps or other stupidity) over satellite internet. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to majortom1029
Re: Where does it say cablevision? Chuck Dolan controls 90% of the company and that's close enough to Cablevision that the New York City market area MVDDS license may have to be divested by 2014 according to the FCC. |
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| overlaps with Verizon? So Cablevision may want a footprint in Florida?
Sure, why not... the government down there is at least as corruptable as the one in NY metro, perhaps moreso.. |
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Re: What about the upstream? said by Telco:DSL in America has always been a joke. ADSL2+ would have provided millions of Americans with quality broadband.
I agree ADSL2 would have been a better option too bad we could never get the likes of the ISP to install such a system nationwide yrs ago. Also now that fiber has come down in price it too would be a great competitor, but alas again getting any company (caugh... ATT) to build out wired lines is like trying to ride a dead horse in a derby.
So IMHO the only thing currently to look forward to is new advancements in wireless and new spectrum that can be used for such at a competitive cost (enter MVDDS) Until we can actually get some real fiber roll out (FTTH) were stuck with this customer disadvantage scenario. |
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Re: overlaps with Verizon? said by tmc8080:Sure, why not... the government down there is at least as corruptable as the one in NY metro, perhaps moreso..
Id say more so... they have been able to kill of high speed rail for over 2 decades since it was first introduced as an alternative means of transportation. ( on such a highly need stretch Orlando to Tampa) |
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join:2004-04-24
Pompano Beach, FL | Just a few cities in south florida. I sent them an email and talked to a sales person.
They currently service just a few cities (western suburbs) in South Florida.
The lowest price is more like $40/mo minimum for residential, $70 for business, 1 year commitment. |
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Re: overlaps with Verizon? said by buddahbless:said by tmc8080:Sure, why not... the government down there is at least as corruptable as the one in NY metro, perhaps moreso..
Id say more so... they have been able to kill of high speed rail for over 2 decades since it was first introduced as an alternative means of transportation. ( on such a highly need stretch Orlando to Tampa) The gulf states live and die (literally) by big oil corrupting state & local government. Just about nothing else matters.. don't expect hydrogen pumps, and electricity fast charging stations anytime soon. Qwest & CenturyTel would get 100% FTTP first.. |
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| Lightsquared all over again Well the downstream is in neighboring DBS bands and the upstream sits next to wifi, so now you dish of wifi access point become useless 
Well with beamforming this will become less of an issue but the point is dig that fiber and this all goes away. Now you get rid of dish, free up tons of bandwidth, and fixed wireless. 1 GPON -> 1 housing unit. Imagine how cheap that would be. Then let all the pipemasters compete on the light. Watch prices drop, watch bundling go the way of the dodo bird.
They need to boost the power to get this to go any reasonable distance (10km) and that is where is gets shady like LS drowning out GPS signals. Granted its not spread spectrum but there will be bleed. This may just advance 5 Ghz until someone else comes along to stomp on that too...
If we would just keep wireless for mobile applications, backhaul and location (GPS) then there would be more than enough spectrum for everyone to play, even the TV and radio guys. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to buddahbless
Re: overlaps with Verizon? said by buddahbless:on such a highly need stretch Orlando to Tampa
Put some giant mouse ears on the high speed rail line and odds are it will be built. |
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| The Third Commandment So they've decided to alienate the portion of their subscriber base that follows the ten commandments by the name they've chosen? |
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| Acronyms are in the eye of the beholder...
Object Management Group
Oh My Gosh
Oh My Goodness
Old Magazines
Oh My Goth
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
One Man Gang
Operation Market Garden
Oh Em Gee
Oh My Goddess!
Oh My Gravy
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
Original Mac Games
Oh My Ghost
Operational Maneuver Group
Open Messaging Gateway
Online Music Group
Order Management Group
Osseo-Maple Grove
Overly Managed Garden |
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| I like "Oh My Gravy". It sounds quaint! |
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