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Google Wants to Use White Spaces for Mobile Broadband

Google confirmed in a letter to the FCC today that it's moving forward on plans to use white spaces—unused slivers of TV spectrum suitable for high-speed wireless—for mobile broadband services. It's been doing its own testing of gear, and they're "willing to provide, at no cost to third parties, the technical support necessary to make these plans happen." More »

12:40 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By matt buchanan
2,754 views, 8 comments

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Google Event Monday About White Spaces: Google Wi-Fi in the Works?

Google, along with Microsoft, Dell, Intel, HP and Philips are pretty hot on devices that use white spaces—unused little blocks of the TV spectrum band that are prem-o for high-speed wireless. Billy G, for instance, wants to use it to make Wi-Fi even awesomer. So Google's announcement they're holding a press conference at 11:30 AM on Monday to talk about a white spaces filing with the FCC definitely has our eyebrow in a perked arch. They didn't play to win the 700MHz auction, so what exactly do they wanna do with this little slab of wireless goodness? [CNET, Image via Flickr]

12:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By matt buchanan
2,256 views, 5 comments

Latest by uburoibob: Sadly, what nobody's talking about, is that wireless microphones are going to be the odd man out in this whole deal. This is the ideal frequency range for wireless mics to operate on. If personal devices that eat up this more »

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Bill Gates Says White Space Is for Free Wi-Fi; Broadcasters Want License and Regulation

Referring to Microsoft's desire to use soon-to-be-opened broadcasting bandwidth for low-powered unlicensed wireless devices, Bill Gates argued that it will make for improved Wi-Fi, a term he appears to be using as simply non-regulated, subscription-free wireless. He said:
"We're hopeful that that will be made available so that Wi-Fi can explode in terms of its usage, even out into some of these less dense areas where distance has been a big problem for Wi-Fi."
Bill's opponents see this not as an opportunity for more Wi-Fi but as a chance to widen costlier, regulated wireless subscription services. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,273 views, 32 comments

Latest by x23: @Ednonymous: ...and eating it. the paste. more »

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Microsoft Google Dell Coalition "White Space" Prototypes Get Knocked By FCC: Device Gallery and Details

When Dell, Earthlink, Google, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Philips got together to create a prototype "white space" device—that is, a box capable of two-way high-bandwidth wireless communication in the frequencies now occupied by analog TV signal—you would have thought the combined muscle would ensure success. But the White Spaces Coalition has failed its first test with the FCC, with two prototypes that don't seem to know their ass an occupied channel from their elbow an empty one. More »

10:23 AM on Thu Aug 9 2007
By Wilson Rothman
5,403 views, 5 comments

Latest by MyPetFly: And NO raise in three years, not even cost of living. And he spits peanuts particles when he talks to you. And I had to threaten to sue him to get some personal property back from him, which he took without my more »