The era of free through the air Telly is drawing to a close around the United Kingdom. A few small areas actually turned off the broadcasting of analog television signals as early as 2005 but 2009 is the true beginning of the end?
 
Why are governments around the world in such a hurry to pull the plug on these wideband FM broadcasts? When television stations stop sending those big fat analog radio waves over the air it will create plenty of room for new thin digital signals. And those signals are going to be filled with broadband.
 
True, we are probably five years away from connecting to the internet via such powerful formats as WiMax. Wimax uses fewer towers than current 3g based mobile broadband and is capable of huge coverage areas.
 
How huge? Think London! One WiMax tower with assistance from T3 connections in spots could send wireless broadband to all of the nation’s capitol. Of course, the technology to parcel this out is as yet undefined, but this train is coming. Meanwhile, these added frequencies may have many local and simple implications. The wavelength of many of these frequencies allows for our current in home WiFi to travel further with stronger signals.
 
Those people using broadband providers like Virgin Media, O2 et al will probably not see any changes in equipment as it is most likely any new ability to increase speed for ADSL and Cable Broadband will still be parceled out through the current grid. But today’s broadband user needs more speed and space than ever. With many broadband companies testing limits on downloads monthly, the field will open up for any firm presenting faster speeds and unlimited downloads through newer and stronger technologies.