[BC] Tower down in Spokane

[Harold Hallikainen]

> Maybe more satellite receivers and cable?
>
> Bill Harms
>
> On 1 Dec 2006 at 10:39, Rich Wood wrote:
>
>> What do we do with the 16% of households without cable? Some of those
>> big
>> towers also support FM antennas. Do we go back to poles on rooftops at
>> 150
>> ft?
>>


One of the arguments for the auction of spectrum leases is that the
spectrum would go to the "highest use." Is reserving 300MHz (or whatever
is allocated to TV right now) to serve 16% of the people good economic use
of the spectrum? Would it be less expensive to have local broadcasters pay
CATV companies to deliver their programming to those people? I'm one of
those people currently using an over the air antenna (up 20 feet with a
rotor). But, most of our television viewing is delivered by mail
(NetFlix).

Use of spectrum to reach users at fixed locations may not be the most
economical way to reach them. For mobile users, it, of course, is, since
you need a long wire to reach mobile users.

Harold



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