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Fascinating article.
That type of effort reminds me of the 1980s when cable tv was routed to virtually every house in the country. Think about how much work that was - even with existing power poles.
Fascinating article.
That type of effort reminds me of the 1980s when cable tv was routed to virtually every house in the country. Think about how much work that was - even with existing power poles.
The irony about cable is it was originally developed by an appliance salesman to serve his rural customers. He had an appliance store here in small PA town and nobody could get reception thus he could not sell any TV's. He built a tower to pick up OTA channels and ran cable to the homes... so he could sell TV's. The ironic part is it's still rural customers that are under served.
The ironic part is it's still rural customers that are under served.
One would have to anticipate the possibility of leap frog technology (like satellites or broadcasting on a different RF band) that would make physical layout of cable a huge unnecessary expense.
Reminds me of this endeavor: "In 1920 a road was completed from Last Chance Canyon to Mojave, eliminating the need for the tunnel, but Schmidt claimed to be obsessed with completion and dug on."
The irony about cable is it was originally developed by an appliance salesman to serve his rural customers. He had an appliance store here in small PA town and nobody could get reception thus he could not sell any TV's. He built a tower to pick up OTA channels and ran cable to the homes... so he could sell TV's. The ironic part is it's still rural customers that are under served.
As you may know, a similar approach is used to deliver Internet access to rural areas, The provider locates a tower in an area, feeds it with usually a high speed landline, and re-broadcasts a WiFi-like signal to surrounding homes and businesses. The technology is known as WiMax.
As you may know, a similar approach is used to deliver Internet access to rural areas, The provider locates a tower in an area, feeds it with usually a high speed landline, and re-broadcasts a WiFi-like signal to surrounding homes and businesses. The technology is known as WiMax.
Except that WiMAX is not common, and rarely meets the definition of high speed access. Where I live, a small part of the town is covered by WiMAX, but at 6 MBPS download speed max. Our DSL, hardly high speed, is better.
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