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> Part of the high cost of mobile delivery of last mile services is the requirement for this heavy infrastructure to service a small number of people. How much
by kanzure 12y ago
> Part of the high cost of mobile delivery of last mile services is the requirement for this heavy infrastructure to service a small number of people.
How much of that infrastructure cost is regulatory cost versus just the cost of people building their own antennas? Specifically I am wondering if this is another industry where equipment isn't as difficult or costly as the folklore (or marketing materials) would have you believe.
- XorNot 12y agoThis is what a regular analog TV station looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXXmUWD9_0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXXmUWD9_0w Does any part of that say "cheap" to you? Radios are difficult. Radio transmitters which don't pollute the spectrum are more difficult. There's a reason mesh networking is a big research area at the moment - because the little bit of 2.4ghz you use around your house absolutely doesn't scale. You keep it contained and low power, and use wired backhaul. You want to go to high power? You now need electronically aimed beam-forming antennas, much higher power levels, you need all of this linked to the national backbone anyway.