Microsoft Questions FCC's 'White Spaces' Decision

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @08:05AM from the it-was-broken-when-we-found-it dept.

narramissic writes "Late last month a wireless prototype submitted by Microsoft and other members of the White Spaces Coalition was rejected by the FCC because it interfered with cable channels. Microsoft, though, claims that the device was malfunctioning when the FCC tested it. From the article: 'In a letter to the FCC Monday, Microsoft said the scanner in one of two prototypes was damaged and "operated at a severely degraded level. The damaged scanner accounted for the entire discrepancy between the Microsoft and the FCC bench test data," said Ed Thomas, a consultant for the White Spaces Coalition and a former chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.'"

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FCC's Reply by Anonymous Coward · 2007-08-14 08:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Don't send us your broke ass shit next time.
Re:Why is Microsoft taking on this role? by MBraynard · 2007-08-14 08:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You are a GD moron for assuming there was something ... amiss. Every major player is part of the Open Spaces coalition. Every major playor. But in this case, it was MS who designed and manufactured the device that tested off.
Your comment is so stupid, I'm shocked that the mods with unlimited points haven't swooped in to make you '+5 Insightful.'
-1 Troll here I come.