FCC Approves Method for Bringing "WiFi on Steroids" to Public


	FCC Approves Method for Bringing "WiFi on Steroids" to Public

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11-5-2008 8:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3a87a24b-ab4e-4cbd-bf43-c40122c03983/2F039D68-99DE-4BB8-842D-0C939E97C333/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband" href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webpronews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband"><H2>White Spaces Officially Cleared For Wireless Broadband</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband"><DIV>A big story flew somewhat under the radar yesterday as the Election was at the forefront of minds not only all across the America, but around the world. The FCC has approved the use of the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels, otherwise known as "<A href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/White%20Spaces">white spaces</A>" for public wireless broadband service. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband">A <A href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/11/vote-for-broadband-in-white-spaces.html">post from Google Co-founder Larry Page</A> on the Google Public Policy Blog says:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband">The FCC has been looking at this issue carefully for the last six years. Google has worked hard on this matter <A href="http://www.wirelessinnovationalliance.org/?gclid=CIO2uKLD25YCFQYcHgodIx7K2g">with other tech companies and public interest groups</A> because we think that this spectrum will help put better and faster Internet connections in the hands of the public.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/05/white-spaces-officially-cleared-for-wireless-broadband">We will soon have "<A href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/05/larry-page-talks-about-googles-vision.html">Wi-Fi on steroids</A>," since these spectrum signals have much longer range than today's Wi-Fi technology and broadband access can be spread using fewer base stations resulting in better coverage at lower cost.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2F039D68-99DE-4BB8-842D-0C939E97C333/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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