Understanding Wireless Bandwidth
Posted on February 15, 2011
As iPhone users increasingly complain of dropped calls and slow web-surfing, the once esoteric term “bandwidth” is repeatedly showing up in public conversation. While nearly everyone complains there’s a scarcity of it not enough of us understand why. To begin with first principles, there’s always been a bandwidth shortage.
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Nearly a hundred years ago wireless communication was a novelty that many well-heeled passengers on the westbound Titanic couldn’t resist. They flooded the Marconi room with private messages to family and friends in America. Titanic’s operator first needed a clear link to Cape Race, Newfoundland from whence messages were relayed to the States. The connection was easier to establish and maintain after dark owing to the absence of the Sun’s competing radiation.
Thus, on the night of April 14, 1912 Jack Phillips was working the distant but barely audible Cape Race link when a nearby freighter messaged it had stopped for the night because of a massive ice-field immediately West. The operator’s signal spammed the entire known spectrum. Since his transmitter was relatively close to Titanic it overwhelmed the Cape Race signals. Phillip’s responded, “Shut up! I am busy. I am working Cape Race.” Read more…
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(Part 2 of 2) How The Internet Affects Local Media
Posted on May 29, 2007
If you would like to learn how the Internet is affecting newspapers, and television & radio stations, and what they can do about it, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Colby Atwood who is the President of Borrell Associates. His company is a market research firm that specializes in helping traditional media companies adapt to the Internet. (Part 2 of 2) Read more…
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(Part 1 of 2) How the Internet Affects Local Media
Posted on May 24, 2007
If you would like to learn how the Internet is affecting newspapers, and television & radio stations, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Colby Atwood who is the CEO of Borrell Associates. His company is a market research firm that specializes in helping traditional media companies adapt to the Internet. (Part 1 of 2)
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What Are Local Radio, Television and Newspapers To Do? (5/18/07)
Posted on May 17, 2007
If you would like to learn how traditional media properties like newspapers and TV & Radio stations, can sell Internet ads germane to their local markets, this interview is for you.
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