The question comes from a 1 minute news blurb the I watched this AM.
It had to do with an upcoming decision about allowing a merger... for WIFI and Wired internet. (details hazy)May have been FCC, but not sure. This is apparently separate from the internet neutrality issues, lately in the news...
The way the news was presented was that wired and wifi companies would not be allowed to merge so a as to have one corporation be able to decide and control access in a geographic area. Quite different from the content and throttling issues.
Anyway, as a Comcast critic who has no other reasonable choice and terrible service, it sounded as if there could be hope on the horizon, for reasonably priced internet access.
I don't have the technical knowledge to know if wide based linked WIFI is a possibility or in any way reasonable. Have heard about balloon based internet, drone internet, and wider satellite networks. Hope to learn something here (in layman's language).
As I understand it so far, telephone lines are limited, and the idea of powerline access is not feasible.
One of the possibliities that intrigued me was the establishment of a local network... as the kind used in large campgrounds or marinas. We looked at this for our own community, (350 homes) but were stopped by the cost of the local network management.
In any case, hope springs eternal... I am paying for $74/mo for20 MBPS (internet only), and most of the time get 3 to 5MBPS. Complaints don't help, as Comcast points out that the contract states "Network Speeds Not Guaranteed".
Back to the original question... Is it possible that WIFI could compete with the monopoly owned by the single wired line providers?
It had to do with an upcoming decision about allowing a merger... for WIFI and Wired internet. (details hazy)May have been FCC, but not sure. This is apparently separate from the internet neutrality issues, lately in the news...
The way the news was presented was that wired and wifi companies would not be allowed to merge so a as to have one corporation be able to decide and control access in a geographic area. Quite different from the content and throttling issues.
Anyway, as a Comcast critic who has no other reasonable choice and terrible service, it sounded as if there could be hope on the horizon, for reasonably priced internet access.
I don't have the technical knowledge to know if wide based linked WIFI is a possibility or in any way reasonable. Have heard about balloon based internet, drone internet, and wider satellite networks. Hope to learn something here (in layman's language).
As I understand it so far, telephone lines are limited, and the idea of powerline access is not feasible.
One of the possibliities that intrigued me was the establishment of a local network... as the kind used in large campgrounds or marinas. We looked at this for our own community, (350 homes) but were stopped by the cost of the local network management.
In any case, hope springs eternal... I am paying for $74/mo for20 MBPS (internet only), and most of the time get 3 to 5MBPS. Complaints don't help, as Comcast points out that the contract states "Network Speeds Not Guaranteed".
Back to the original question... Is it possible that WIFI could compete with the monopoly owned by the single wired line providers?
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