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Been waiting on this for a long time, says starting by years end. Anybody got any word on the rollout of this, I am so ready to drop my slooooow satellite internet.

3. So How Fast Will It Be?
The filing echoes what AT&T said back in September - speeds of 15-20Mbps, which is more than sufficient for streaming video and most online applications. However, it's worth noting that this number was given long before the FCC voted to revise its definition of broadband to 25Mbps.

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/03/what-we-know-about-attdirectvs-proposed-wireless-broadband-service/

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/headlines/20140523-a-fast-evolving-technology-helps-att-in-directv-deal.ece
 
#560 ·
!0 mb/sec? 160Gb per month? Hardly earth shattering. And in any case, the wheels are rapidly coming off the streaming business.
I agree with ctjon's post. So how many services do I need to get the channels I want? All the program providers think they can make more money by distributing the programs themselves, cutting out the middle man. Cord cutting is turning into multiple cords....
It's happening, 66 thousand locations for rural Alabama.

3 towers to reach 700 customers.

Approx: 285 towers needed to reach the 66 thousand locations.

Chilton County wireless accessibility expanding | The Clanton Advertiser
 
#562 ·
I'm not sure why anyone thought it would be different. Networks were getting paid by the 80% or whatever of households who had cable or satellite, and aren't going to accept less without a lot of kicking and screaming. So long as streaming was only to people who already paid for cable/satellite, or never were going to anyway, it made a network look like they were on the cutting edge of technology and expanded their viewership.

Now that cable/satellite subscriptions have begun to fall due to streaming, networks are having to revisit how it affects their bottom line. The streaming providers are not going to be able to make the great deals that let them undercut traditional cable/satellite providers any longer they're going to charge the same rates no matter the deliver method. The networks will also move towards offering their own content direct to consumers for those who want to pick and choose instead of getting a traditional package - at a higher price than they charge third party providers because they have to compensate for the fact that previously almost everyone was paying them. Now only those who want their content will pay them.

These last few years will be looked back on as the golden age of streaming, when you still could save a bunch of money by cutting the cord without having to give up programming.
 
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The networks will also move towards offering their own content direct to consumers for those who want to pick and choose instead of getting a traditional package - at a higher price than they charge third party providers because they have to compensate for the fact that previously almost everyone was paying them. Now only those who want their content will pay them.

These last few years will be looked back on as the golden age of streaming, when you still could save a bunch of money by cutting the cord without having to give up programming.
Or they'll simply have to absorb the costs. And if they can't, declare bankruptcy.

Look at SportsNetLa. It thought it could get all PayTv providers to charge every PayTv subscriber 5 dollars a month (increasing every year at a rate well above inflation) for the Dodgers. DTV and other distributors balked. And SportsNetLa will have to write off hundreds of millions of dollars it has promised the Dodgers thru 2037.

And 70% of the LA area is content with not having access to Dodgers baseball
 
#565 ·
Not going back.
80% of the younger TV viewers now stream some or all of their content. This requires an internet connection of say 50 bucks per month. No way they are going to pay for an 80 dollar TV package on top of that 50 bucks. The new typical TV package will be 35 dollars and south. Look at how both DirectTV Now and Dish Sling have priced their packages, (they know something). No need for truck rolls, giant call centers, large employee pools, etc.,etc., will, and is making this possible. Automation in every sector is here and growing, we have to adapt.

We have new spectrum opening up such as T-mobiles 600mhz. that will be spreading very rapidly, opening up more and more fixed wireless coverage. Rural residents need to start salivating now, things are rapidly progressing.

T-Mobile just took a huge step towards beating Verizon once and for all

T-Mobile boosts coverage with the first 600MHz LTE network
 
#566 ·
The railroads of the 21st century

Get ready. The entire communications landscape is about to change.

Just as long-distance telephony, once a thriving business separate from local telephone service, was obliterated by technology advances, 5G is likely to make the current separation of broadband into fixed and mobile services obsolete.

Industry Voices-Rysavy: Why 5G will be a game changer | FierceWireless
 
#568 ·
I'd love to count the number of articles saying the old cable / sat world is dead. Sure there are people for whom doing without sports or some other part of the entertainment world is fine. Whatever Disney does will not be cheap - that isn't their thing. I'd bet that 5 years from now most people are still on cable/sat and more and more companies are offering their own thing. No alternatives will offer the convenience and ease of the old way. Forgetting about ESPN which maybe separate - how many things does Disney come out with that would make you want to subscribe monthly? How many companies can produce their own series that would be worth monthly subscriptions? How many people can keep track of what service has what shows and what DVR has which things they recorded.
 
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#576 ·
It won't be limited to just AT&T's wireline footprint, because it is based on cellular technology - where they're already in 50 states. They might have some additional regulatory hurdles in some states they don't already sell internet services though.
 
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