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FCC Planning New Spectrum Auction With Free Broadband for All

It looks like the FCC is taking up Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's dopey scheme to deliver internet to the masses with another spectrum auction that would require the winner to offer free broadband to half of the US within four years, and 95 percent sometime after that. A nearly impossible task, on top of being silly in the first place, so don't expect anyone to volunteer to pay for the privilege. There's no set date for this proposed auction of 25MHz in the 2155 to 2180MHz range, but the FCC is planning to meet on June 16 to discuss the rules of the fail sale. [RCR Wireless News]

4:30 PM on Sat May 24 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,320 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: @one2show: so tell me, the difference between wifi filled skies versus cellular is what? by your reasoning "BIG BRROTHER" is already here(cell phone companies). more »

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AT&T Says Free Wi-Fi for iPhones Will Come... Someday

All AT&T's flip-flopping between offering free wireless at Starbucks and then taking it away—turns out it was some peon screwing up after all. An spokesperson for the company told the New York Times that the confusion was due to a "human error." But the day when iPhone users can definitively access the internet while sipping on frappuccinos will come, the PR flack assures, AT&T is just refusing to say when. Oh, come off it, AT&T. The cat's out of the bag already, you might as well roll out the service now. I'm sure there will be plenty of secrets you can accidentally release before deadline in the future. [New York Times]

9:45 AM on Sat May 10 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,083 views, 16 comments

Latest by michaelportent: @OMG! Ponies!: That is a golden comment OMG!, just golden. Anyway, I was a tad disappointed with AT&T too. I bought an iPod Touch for the specific purpose of reaping the benefits of every cool web app for the iPhone without more »

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Free Wireless Internet For the Masses: Another Dumb Scheme From Washington

A California congresswoman has proposed yet another spectrum auction—the 2,155MHz to 2,180MHz range—with some hefty public-service requirements:
• Within two years of receiving the license, launch an "always-on" broadband with at least 200Kbps downloads
• Service is to be free of subscription, airtime and other usage fees
• "A technology protection measure" that would keep kids from the porn
• Publication of specs and standards, royalty free, so that others can develop for the network
Let me get this straight: You want some well-heeled for-profit corporation to pay potentially billions for the privilege of hastily launching a network that it can't charge money for, and let competitors provide devices for it, again for no extra money? I don't think so. I'm not pro-corporation, so much as I am pro-reality. More »

5:00 PM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By Wilson Rothman
7,436 views, 53 comments

Latest by max crabb: Anyone read that most corporations did not pay income tax between 2000 and 2004? Just saying. The government helps businesses out all the time, how about turning it the other way around? more »