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Maybe xm will get into the tv video gig and start to adding local channels as a tv package or something. that would be kewl to compete against direct tv and dish<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Maybe xm will get into the tv video gig and start to
> adding
> > local channels as a tv package or something. that would be
>
> > kewl to compete against direct tv and dish
> >
> What, like this?
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/> portable-media/streaming-video-to-a-new-xm-device-158558.php
>

One word.. BANDWIDTH.

In the real world, it's vaporware.. There's not enough spectrum that's XM's to do multiple channels of video and do all their radio channels. <P ID="signature">______________
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> One word.. BANDWIDTH.
>
> In the real world, it's vaporware..
>

I like that term, vaporware.
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> One word.. BANDWIDTH.
>
> In the real world, it's vaporware.. There's not enough
> spectrum that's XM's to do multiple channels of video and do
> all their radio channels.
>
That's just it. They might have the bandwidth do to it. They are Acquiring WCS Wireless. (which owns wireless licenses in the 10 megahertz frequency bands which happen to be adjacent to XM's satellite radio service.)

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/xm-satellite-radio-acquiring-wcs-wireless.html
http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/screen/pr_2005_07_13.html

The bandwidth isn't the issue now.
 
> > One word.. BANDWIDTH.
> >
> > In the real world, it's vaporware.. There's not enough
> > spectrum that's XM's to do multiple channels of video and
> do
> > all their radio channels.
> >
> That's just it. They might have the bandwidth do to it. They
> are Acquiring WCS Wireless. (which owns wireless licenses in
> the 10 megahertz frequency bands which happen to be adjacent
> to XM's satellite radio service.)
>
http://www.orbitcast> .com/archives/xm-satellite-radio-acquiring-wcs-wireless.html
>
> http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/screen/pr_2005_07_13.html
>
> The bandwidth isn't the issue now.
>


XM is in the 2 GHZ band uplink.
 
Something to keep in mind...the WCS 10 Mhz. allocation that XM is getting can NOT be transmitted via satellite. Unlike the existing 2.3 Ghz. XM band, WCS did not have an exclusive or nationwide license, only licenses in most major markets. That means however XM chooses to utilize this new 10 Mhz. of spectrum, it will have to be via terrestrial transmission methods. That's the BAD news...

Now the GOOD news! Since the WCS license was granted under FCC rules other than the DARS rules governing the existing XM license, one could conclude that XM is free to do what ever they want with the frequency. Maybe XM-TV? Or...maybe even XM-New York, XM-Philadelphia, XM-Dallas, etc. as in LOCAL radio stations!!! I'll bet past NAB dictator Eddie Fritts is glad he's retired. This could STILL give him apoplexy!!!

> That's just it. They might have the bandwidth do to it. They
> are Acquiring WCS Wireless. (which owns wireless licenses in
> the 10 megahertz frequency bands which happen to be adjacent
> to XM's satellite radio service.)
>
> The bandwidth isn't the issue now.
>
 
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