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DirecTV may try broadband on power lines (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)
Reuters ^
| May 14, 2007
| Yinka Adegoke and Robert MacMillan
Posted on 05/15/2007 8:10:00 AM PDT by abb
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By the end of the decade, or shortly thereafter, television networks, as we know them today, will cease to exist.
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:10:06 AM PDT
by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; bwteim; ...
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:10:36 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
Give me more. I can certainly do without the commercials, and the skyrocketing price.
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:15:22 AM PDT
by
wizr
(Freedom ain't free.)
To: abb
By the end of the decade, they will be giving out dvds with the ticket of the movie you are at the theatre to see.
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:23:02 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.”GWB-03)
To: abb
The bug to turn their power grids into a broadband network bit power companies decades ago. Unfortunately an outside plant optimized for 60 Hz falls impossibly short of the 100,000,000,000 Hz bandwidth provided by Inet backbones.
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:30:31 AM PDT
by
Milhous
(There are only two ways of telling the complete truth: anonymously and posthumously. - Thomas Sowell)
To: abb
Broadband over powerlines (BPL) isn’t the answer. It’s run into trouble everywhere it’s been tried. It’s a very unsecure mode and creates massive interference to communications services.
To: Ikemeister
creates massive interference to communications services.Hmmmmmmmmmm. ROTFL
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:38:51 AM PDT
by
Milhous
(There are only two ways of telling the complete truth: anonymously and posthumously. - Thomas Sowell)
To: abb
Manassas City is providing Broadband through power lines to it’s residents (I live just outside the city).
To: rawcatslyentist
Actually, will they hand you a download code for your handheld video PDA so you can stream it on your way home from the theater over a wireless high speed connection?
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:46:55 AM PDT
by
fishtank
("War is cruelty...The crueler it is the sooner it will be over." William Tecumseh Sherman)
To: fishtank
Trashless! With super low overhead distribution costs. Beautiful!!!!
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.”GWB-03)
To: abb
If this works out, ComCast and other cable providers will fade away faster than the Dinosaur Fishwraps and dying ABCNNBCBS nets.
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:14:29 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
To: abb
Wirecast on unshielded lines?
The beginning of a whole new era in wiretapping, and the end of AM radio.
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:16:31 AM PDT
by
null and void
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
To: abb
Actually I think this is a good move by DirecTV. They are going to be under tremendous pressure from the 100 mb/s plus cable and Verizon services. Adding satellite coverage to stay competitive with HD content is going to be hard enough. Trying to compete in the HD video on demand world will be nearly impossible via satellite.
Welcome aboard DirecTV. Good luck.
To: abb
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:29:24 AM PDT
by
goarmy
("The Washington Post was a little more sophisticated with their ignorance." -Michael Steele)
To: abb
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:33:33 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Conservator 999
Moloch has been trying to buy the Wall Street Journal as well........
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posted on
05/15/2007 11:48:19 AM PDT
by
fishtank
("War is cruelty...The crueler it is the sooner it will be over." William Tecumseh Sherman)
To: Conservator 999
I’ve known Rupert owned DirecTV for a long time. It’s one of the reasons, along with NFL Sunday ticket, I’m so stuck on their service. What I didn’t know was that control of DirecTV is passing from Rupert in a few months. That sux.
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posted on
05/15/2007 2:56:07 PM PDT
by
gcruse
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To: Conservator 999
About an hour ago, I got a call from what turned out to be someone trying to sell me either internet or satellite service. I’m not sure which because his Paki accent was so heavy, I could only make out about one word in five. His manner was also instrusive and demanding. I hung up on him.
Gotta be the worst sales call I ever got. This guy’s future is really bleak in what he’s doing. LOL
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posted on
05/16/2007 2:14:50 PM PDT
by
gcruse
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