FCC Opens Wireless 3.6GHZ Band

mdeb writes "Broadband Reports has a story on the FCC opening up a portion of the 3.6 GHz spectrum. "This initiative would reserve 50 megahertz in the 3.6 GHz band for unlicensed wireless Internet operations. Setting aside this spectrum would make it easier for vendors to build devices that would work across all Wi-Fi frequencies and create new wireless Internet opportunities in rural America. The new proposal would allow transmissions at power levels higher than currently permitted for Part 15 unlicensed devices.""

Comments

Excellent

[2names]

Now I can Internet-up my cow herd. Sweet.

Re:Excellent

[name773]

Now I can Internet-up my cow herd.
isn't that how tucows started?

Re:Excellent

[Yarn]

I've always wanted to ping cows!

Neighbors with nodes

[AtariAmarok]

Does this mean if I lived out in the 'country', and my neighbours had nodes

They can always go to the city and go to a hospital and get those things removed.

Re:Job opportunities

[Anonymous Coward]

We regret to inform you that all jobs pertaining to your skills are being outsourced to India.

Have a nice day!

Re:Higher freq. & higher power = signal penetr

[Wesley Felter]

I think this new band is intended for outdoor last-mile Internet access, so penetration of buildings is not a concern. If you use 3.6GHz 802.16, 5GHz 802.11a, and a 2.4GHz cordless phone, they won't overlap (although your brain may explode from the alphabet soup).

Re:802.16a wireless in this frequency range?

[LordMyren]

whats the use in going past 88 mph anyways?

Re:Does distance scale with frequency?

[timeOday]

And 8550% more volume in 11-dimensional space!