A big victory! For several years, many of us have been pushing for TV and DoD bandwidth to be allocated for unlicensed public use. Thanks in part to the recent lobbying power of Google, it is now reality:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/vote-for-broadband-in-white-spaces.ht ml http://freetheairwaves.org/ http://www.newamerica.net/programs/wireless_future It's not 15Gbit and it's not WAN, but it's a healthy start at applying modern technology to our underutilized spectrum. I expect approved consumer devices in +1 year. The next step is public use and "real time auction" use of dark TV channels and DoD bandwidth... using similar geo-registered, auto-sensing tech... but at higher power levels. Cheers, Roger Bly -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of green bean Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:23 AM To: SCFN Group Subject: [SCFN] 71 - 86 Ghz FCC licensed band now opened = socalfreenet or biz possibilities ? 71 - 86ghz = 15 ghz of FCC Licensed bandwidth now available! 15 ghz should be enough bandwidth for a city-wide WISP able to compete with any ANY internet provider {cox or roadrunner] around! if anyone is interested in its use by socalfreenet or its business possibilities, pls lmk. :) i have a complete microwave lab - but not in that band! thats milimeter wave, just above microwave, but using the same techniques, m/l. _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
