washingtonpost.com — The nation's top technology companies hoping to prove to the Federal Communications Commission that the unlicensed airwaves between television stations, known as white spaces, could provide a new form of mobile Internet service.
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amyvernonJul 24, 2008
who knew these white spaces even existed? wow. that's good, tho, for more rural areas that have been bandwidth-poor...
vigrocoJul 25, 2008
All of the other frequencies in the UHF bandwidth are currently taken up.
irishjaysJul 25, 2008
I don't see what the problem is, Dial up works fine. I'm getting 48.8 on my 56.6, I'm not even using its full power!
phoompJul 25, 2008
Current tel-cos and ISPs will fight tooth-and-nail against this.
mtheoryxJul 25, 2008
On the other hand...If there were true competition available, you may find that Time-Warner did, in fact, offer better service overall.However, given the current monopolistic landscape, there's no way to know for sure. The end result is unsatisfied consumers who are, at best, dealing with what the perceive as crap.If you did find an alternative, and it was NOT better, you would, presumably, go back to Time-Warner, as would others, and they would have a more loyal customer base.The issue I'm dancing around here is this: If telcoms want to survive and thrive, they have got to open up and allow competition. A company that has loyal, dedicated consumers who have chosen them by free choice is a company that will succeed in the long run. Just look at Apple, or Digg, or Toyota. They all have a loyal customer base that are return/repeat consumers based on free and open choice./my rambling
antdudeJul 25, 2008
For me, 28800 (3 KB/sec). :(