This is a rumor that was posted under Sonicview IKS discussions at ftabins.
The rumor goes like this... VS will release some type of dingle/dongle whatever?? but it will be wireless meaning (no internet connection all the time) catch is no ppv or special events.
Sounds great by me!! Now everybody come and tare me a new one.
like I said its a rumor, but certainly VS has to come up with something.
Till Nagravision 2 was made available to FTA in 2006 we were in the dark for 2 months. The FTA industry has evolved since. Nigravision 3 will probably take as long or more to hack, but the innovative IKS solution might keep everybody happy for a while. So i expect that IKS or ihub or something similar will be available as a third party add on for the popular STBs, such as Pansat and Viewsat.
Perhaps satelite broadband will come down in price. As i see it, there is a small percentage of dial up users who do it because of the cost factor and a larger number of the dialup people who have no wired broadband availability and the satelite broadband is just a bit too costly.
The following is from Wiki. "One-way receive, with terrestrial transmit
One-way terrestrial return satellite Internet systems are used with traditional dial-up access to the Internet, with outbound data traveling through a telephone modem, but downloads sent via satellite at a speed near that of broadband Internet access. In the U.S., an FCC license is required for the uplink station only; no license is required for the users.
Another type of 1-way satellite internet system involves the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) for the back-channel.[2] By utilizing a connection that is offered in standard GPRS or EDGE, the upload volume is very low and since this service is not per-time charged, but charged by volume uploaded, users are able to surf and download in broadband speeds. Another view of using GPRS as return would be the mobility when the service is provided by a satellite that transmits in the field of 50 to 53 dBW. Using a 33 cm wide satellite dish, a notebook and a normal GPRS equipped GSM phone, users can get mobile satellite broadband."
