UHF Channel 55

Rmp5s · 02-07-2010, 07:54 PM

I know that relatively recently, the FCC put this band up for auction since it was open after the shift to digital TV. I heard that Google was trying to buy it to turn it into a nationwide (free I think...???) wireless internet provider.

I just saw a commercial for FloTV. After a bit of research, I find that it uses this band to broadcast tv programming.

A) Isn't this what we used to get for free with those little antenna'd tvs for free?

B) How didn't Google get it? I know they were ready to put up the 4.6B dollars for it but, from what I read, agreements couldn't be met regarding who could use it. Google wanted everyone to be able to use it.

C) Who DID get it?

Does anyone know what happened with this? As of right now, it looks like capitalism at its finest: Google wanted to buy something to offer something for free/cheap and money grubbers didn't want that to happen...

Lennox · 02-07-2010, 11:16 PM

That would be epic for a free internet provider, but I imaging it would be at least 50 times slower than 3G on Verizon. There would probably be so much clogging and people could use it as a proxy to torrent.

Rmp5s · 02-07-2010, 11:23 PM

That was my first thought..."man...how slow would that be?" But:

A) It's Google...they'd make it work...

B) A NATIONWIDE, FREE (or cheap) network to check email on or whatever real fast would be epic...

I just wonder what happened? I was really looking forward to what would happen with it when I heard what Google was trying to do with it all. Then I heard nothing for 3 or 4 mo, then I find out that this company is running on it...I wanna know what happened!!! lol

But, as far as speeds go...who knows? I didn't even know wifi over uhf was possible until I read that article. However, even if it isn't horribly fast, it could make up for it with the very well established, reliable network that already exists.

True true though, man...that would be epic as hell...how cool would that be?

sniperviper21 · 02-13-2010, 03:47 AM

Quote:

B) A NATIONWIDE, FREE (or cheap) network to check email on or whatever real fast would be epic..

its called 5$ a month dial up.

02-07-2010, 07:54 PM	#1
Rmp5s In Runtime Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 218	UHF Channel 55 I know that relatively recently, the FCC put this band up for auction since it was open after the shift to digital TV. I heard that Google was trying to buy it to turn it into a nationwide (free I think...???) wireless internet provider. I just saw a commercial for FloTV. After a bit of research, I find that it uses this band to broadcast tv programming. A) Isn't this what we used to get for free with those little antenna'd tvs for free? B) How didn't Google get it? I know they were ready to put up the 4.6B dollars for it but, from what I read, agreements couldn't be met regarding who could use it. Google wanted everyone to be able to use it. C) Who DID get it? Does anyone know what happened with this? As of right now, it looks like capitalism at its finest: Google wanted to buy something to offer something for free/cheap and money grubbers didn't want that to happen...

02-07-2010, 11:16 PM	#2
Lennox In Runtime Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 170	Re: UHF Channel 55 That would be epic for a free internet provider, but I imaging it would be at least 50 times slower than 3G on Verizon. There would probably be so much clogging and people could use it as a proxy to torrent. __________________ Zotac 630i-Supreme Motherboard \| Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2.5Ghz E5200 \| ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3 \| 2x2GB DDR2 RAM \| 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Sata II \| 300GB Seagate SATA II 28" Hanns-G Monitor HG281D \| Logitech G15 Keyboard v2 \| Trust MI-7700R Wireless Mouse \| Saitek GH30 Headset

02-07-2010, 11:23 PM	#3
Rmp5s In Runtime Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 218	Re: UHF Channel 55 That was my first thought..."man...how slow would that be?" But: A) It's Google...they'd make it work... B) A NATIONWIDE, FREE (or cheap) network to check email on or whatever real fast would be epic... I just wonder what happened? I was really looking forward to what would happen with it when I heard what Google was trying to do with it all. Then I heard nothing for 3 or 4 mo, then I find out that this company is running on it...I wanna know what happened!!! lol But, as far as speeds go...who knows? I didn't even know wifi over uhf was possible until I read that article. However, even if it isn't horribly fast, it could make up for it with the very well established, reliable network that already exists. True true though, man...that would be epic as hell...how cool would that be?

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