[623] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Perhaps dismissal of packet radio in the classroom is unwarranted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Seaman)
Wed Apr 24 16:46:08 1991
From: lws@capybara.comm.wang.com (Lyle Seaman)
To: bill@tuatara.uofs.edu, brian@napa.telebit.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 16:34:29 EDT
Re: use of UHF channel as network transport
Bill mentions that there are many UHF channels unused in his area of the
country. This is, of course, going to be more likely in exactly those
areas where wires are prohibitively expensive: rural ones. In the
middle ground, all but the most rural areas are getting cable TV. It
would be far less expensive to piggyback on CATV than to use a leased
telephone line. Would it be cheaper to use existing CATV than free-space
transmission?
Furthermore, if use of (UHF/FM) is truly cost-effective, what are the
barriers to providing it as a commercial service, not limited to
educational sites? ( I keep dreaming about multi-cast newsfeeds... )
