DISH TO BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK

[catnap1972]

I think it would be huge for Dish itself, as being able to offer this service makes it harder for the competition to turn off the broadband tap for Dish streaming.

But certainly anything they offer won't be anywhere near unlimited. Couple of gigs a month limit if we're lucky.

[Yespage]

But certainly anything they offer won't be anywhere near unlimited. Couple of gigs a month limit if we're lucky.

Would there be a need for limits? Doesn't AT&T suffer more from the fact they have 1g, 2g clogging their networks? I thought the limitations were due to that, and that Dish wouldn't have as much of an issue, going with an LTE-advanced network only.

Besides, I'd figure Dish would allow unlimited streaming for Dish customers anyways.

[nelson61]

FCC decided on full review to avoid getting sued by other parties. They got burned in the past with waivers and learned their lesson.
If they had granted a waiver, the resulting lawsuit by wireless competitors could have tied up the spectrum for a decade or so which would really make Charlie squeal.

[Rolling Joe]

Aren't we talking about two different things here? I thought the satellite broadband the OP was referring to is different from the LTE initiative,or am I missing something?

[Whiteyguy]

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CNET had an article saying that the max download speed would be 15 MBS and initially only 5 MBS. This may be better than nothing, but it is nothing special. It might attract Charlie’s ‘farm and ranch’ market that have no other choice, but I don’t see any reason for someone with FIOS or high speed cable to switch.

15 megs down and 5 megs up is special for rural America.

[SQUEEZON]

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Since it was my post, you are right. The headline was about Broadband for rural customers and maybe more. The conversation as drifted to wireless cell phones. Different spectrums