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Re: [News] Spectrum Oligarchy Ends, Spectrum Liberated

  • Subject: Re: [News] Spectrum Oligarchy Ends, Spectrum Liberated
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:50:40 +0000
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  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: A poorly-maintained Debian GNU/Linux InterNetNews site
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:702923
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> White spaces vote gets FCC approval
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to release 
>| unused broadcast TV spectrum for unlicensed use, giving technology leaders 
>| Google, Microsoft and others a victory in their bid to create a 
>| next-generation version of Wi-Fi.   
> `----
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=32304
>
> Here's a refreshing change. Comcast is already known to be utterly corrupt. At
> least there's hope for the FCC.

Is this so good, I wonder?  Interference is the biggest single issue in
spectrum usage, and I very much doubt that any of these so-called
"technology leaders" will really care much about causing interference to
small organisations...

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