Comment by teeray
2 years ago
OTA TV has one advantage over all of the delivery alternatives: no ongoing access fees. I agree that the spectrum is wasteful, but at least it still belongs to the people in some sense. If we give it up, it will be sold as more 5G spectrum that you then have no option other than to pay for.
Yes, that's true. Until local municipalities consider wifi a service they provide their communities, like parks and libraries.
Until then, yes, probably some spectrum should be devoted to OTA; maybe in SD, mainly PBS, I dunno, because this would be for the 'no access fee' case. That means cheap folks, or really poor folks. Society should be doing everything possible to eliminate the latter.
If TV receivers were built into smart phones, it would be easier to make this case.