Nov 6 2008
White Space closer to becoming “Wi-Fi Space”
You may remember Corey’s piece back in August explaining a proposal before the US Congress to allow television “whitespace” – the TV frequencies that aren’t used between normal channels – to become conduits for high-speed Internet access nationwide.
Well, after Tuesday’s landmark vote from the Federal Communications Commission, that is one step closer to a reality.
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Aug 19 2008
Google Wants Whitespace To Be Your Space
For those who remember the days of tuning their television, whitespace refers to the frequencies that weren’t used between channels. That whitespace is still out there today, floating about without a purpose. But for a while now, industry giants like Microsoft and Dell have been lobbying Congress to free up the airwaves for [...]
