With Verizon and AT&T winning a majority of the 700mhz spectrum auction, everyone considered Google to be the loser. On Monday Google submitted a report to the FCC making arguments that the “white space” (frequency between tv channels) should be opened up for use. This would basically give what Google wanted in the first place and not cost them a dime. The problem is that no one has been able to produce a product that gets along with the frequencies. If this were to work and the FCC agrees you could see a whole new set of technology from more capable home wireless routers, to a new form of access to the Internet in forms of new wireless ISPs. I don’t have much faith in it working, or getting here before I am 50 years old, but it will be interesting if they can get this idea off the ground. Here is a link with more details:
March 25, 2008...3:05 pm
Google Lost…Or Did They?
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