[greatjack613]

The tech behind this is great, but I fear what the TV makers will do with this to prevent you from disabling ads. Samsung is bad enough as is, having a built in connection will make it even worse.

[ortusdux]

I rented an old house for a few years that had lath and plaster walls, but they stapled chicken wire to the lath prior to adding the plaster. It made for a decent faraday cage. I had to stand by a window to get cell service. Wifi would not propagate between rooms, so I had to setup a mesh system with individual ethernet connections. I miss it.

[silisili]

Interesting. Are you sure it wasn't just metal lathe, which is meshed like chicken wire a bit?

My old 1940s had that, and wifi basically didn't work without the doors left open. I do miss its soundproofing, though.

[piperswe]

Plain cellular connectivity would be enough for that, just about every TV would have a good terrestrial cell signal.

[bitdivision]

And this will almost certainly be more expensive than plain old cellular. TV manufacturers would be covering a very niche market of people who have a TV in a location with no cellular coverage.

[keep_reading]

If it was economical to do it they would, but that's still a long ways away I think

[mikepurvis]

Yup, there are guides for how to open up your new TV and remove/disable the M2M modem inside. I don't think the cellular connection being in the sky will change too much about that.

[daveoc64]

Do many people have a TV outdoors?

[olyjohn]

Not gonna happen. You need line of sight to the satellites.