Comments on: Tech Firms Push to Use TV Airwaves for Internet

By: Boomer The Dog

Boomer The Dog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

This is interesting but I wonder how the up channel will be done. You can get a TV band signal a hundred miles away but they broadcast at thousands of watts so the net signal would get to you but your transmitter would be too weak to send back.

It’s like that with wi-fi transmitter and receiver power levels are roughly matched for best performance.

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

That is true boomer maybe they have found a way to get around this or maybe this will simply be used to get a stronger wifi like signal without actually achieving the same broadcasting range as tv but still more then wifi.

By: PM Harper

PM Harper — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I’m not sure if the ‘States is trying this But here in Canada the government is trying that in random ‘hoods in some of our cities. Currently in Saskatoon Saskatchewan there are two hotspot towers in seperate areas that are providing access. For how long? We’re not sure but it beats an internet bill….

(Not TV airwaves just mini towers)