A high-powered group of local tech execs and former government officials
has started a company to build a $400 million national wireless
broadband network.
The company, M2Z Networks, plans to sell high-speed bandwidth to
Internet service providers while making slower access available to the
general public at no cost.
M2Z, which has offices in Arlington and Menlo Park, Calif., has asked
the Federal Communications Commission to grant the company a license for
a portion of the public airwaves without auctioning the space off to the
highest bidder, which is the usual procedure.
The wireless company also would provide free access to public safety
agencies at rates six times as fast as dial-up connections, pay 5
percent of its revenue to the U.S. treasury and block illegal online
content.
The network is expected to cover one-third of the country's population
in three years, two-thirds in five years and 95 percent in 10 years, M2Z
says. But there is no way to know how long it will take for the FCC to
act on the company's request.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/05/22/story5.html
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