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The Telecom Digest for April 8, 2014
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 18:21:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Wi-Fi Bulks Up
Message-ID: <5855ebc7-166b-4ccd-8c8b-fcfbd5a3ef0e@googlegroups.com>
By Mitchell Lazarus, CommLawBlog, April 6, 2014
New technical rules for unlicensed 5-GHz will yield better device
performance.
We hear a lot about the shortage of spectrum that wireless
carriers need for delivering silly cat videos to our smartphones
and tablets. Also in short supply, although it gets less
attention, is spectrum used by "unlicensed" services like Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth. Access to this spectrum is free: no
multi-billion-dollar auctions. The chips that use it are
inexpensive, despite sometimes being housed in pricey tablets.
There are no monthly charges. These frequency bands carry far more
data every day than do carrier-provided 3G and 4G data services.
Older forms of Wi-Fi used only a band at 5.8 GHz band or, much
more commonly, a band at 2.4 GHz. Some newer Wi-Fi protocols can
use either or both, or other sub-bands in the 5-GHz range --
whatever gives the best performance at a particular time and
place. These technologies are amazingly good at working around
interference, but still, can tolerate only so much congestion. A
mathematical theorem sets the limit. As more of our devices send
and receive more data, everybody's performance gets worse.
A recent FCC order will help.
Continued:
http://www.commlawblog.com/2014/04/articles/unlicensed-operations-a
nd-emer/wifi-bulks-up/index.html
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http://tinyurl.com/nt5x9vr
Neal McLain
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 17:51:02 -0400
From: Telecom Digest Moderator <redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Fred Goldstein is the new moderator
Message-ID: <20140407215101.GA14007@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
To the readers,
As you all know, I'm going to take a hiatus from being Moderator of
The Telecom Digest, and I asked for volunteers to pinch-hit.
If you were one of those who volunteered, please accept my heartfelt
thanks, both for your willingness to help, and for stepping up on
short notice to take on this difficult work.
After careful consideration, I've made the choice: Fred Goldstein has
accepted my request to take over as the moderator while I'm on
hiatus. He will be here for an indefinite time while I deal with some
personal issues.
Here's a bit of his résumé:
Fred Goldstein is a principal at Interisle Consulting Group,
and has been a Digest reader since 1981. He advises governments
and companies on technical, regulatory and business issues
related to the telecom- munications, cable, wireless and
Internet industries, especially in areas where they
overlap. The author of numerous articles and the books /The
Great Telecom Meltdown/ and /ISDN In Perspective/, he has
served on standards committees in areas such as ATM networks
and Frame Relay.
... and I can vouch for Fred, since he and I worked side-by-side a few
years ago. He is the smartest, and most agressive customer advocate
I've ever worked with. When I had to make the decision, I asked
myself where the industry is headed, and which of the people who
offered to help would be best able to improve the Digest's coverage in
the future: Fed was at the top of the list.
Please give Fred all the support you can. Thank you.
Bill
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Bill Horne
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 18:51:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Free Webinar on Aereo - April 16
Message-ID: <f27ffd0b-0165-426a-b2dc-1f3e6f4b910b@googlegroups.com>
By FHH Law, CommLogBlog April 6, 2014
Hey, CommLawBlog readers (you know who you are)! Kevin Goldberg
(a/k/a/ the Swami) and Harry Cole (a/k/a the Blogmeister) have put
up scads of posts here covering the ongoing drama of Aereo vs. the
Broadcasters (and its various spin-offs, including Aereo: Los
Angeles, better known as Aereokiller vs. the Broadcasters). You've
been reading their stuff for years -- now you can listen to them,
too!
Back in December, Kevin speculated that we could be seeing Aereo
Armageddon sooner rather than later in the form of a Supreme Court
showdown. And sure enough (we don't call him the Swami for
nothing), that showdown is on the Court's schedule for April 22,
when Aereo and its various nemeses are set to face off in an epic
oral argument before the Supremes.
The outcome -- likely to be decided by the end of June -- could
have a major impact on the Future of Broadcast Television (as
well as other incidentals, like the Future of Cloud Computing).
Suffice it to say, we can expect the argument and its aftermath
to be big news.
Continued:
http://www.commlawblog.com/2014/04/articles/broadcast/free-webinar-on-aereo-april-16/index.html
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http://tinyurl.com/nerd3nl
I've already registered.
Neal McLain
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