Microsoft Questions FCC's 'White Spaces' Decision

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.'"

Comments

Soemthing smells fishy

[Anonymous Coward]

I find it highly unlikely that a Microsoft product would unexpectedly malfunction.

Re:Soemthing smells fishy

[bobstaff]

Me too. I expect them to malfunction.

Re:Soemthing smells fishy

[eli pabst]

Yes, in my experience I have never had a Microsoft product set so double the killer delete select all.

/Obligatory

Re:Soemthing smells fishy

[Intron]

"given that Microsoft never says anything but lies"

A Microsoft PR guy and a linux kernel developer are standing at the entrance to a cave, but you don't know which is which. The cave contains either a dragon or a treasure. The MS guy always lies. The kernel developer never says anything that you could understand. Think of one question that you can ask which will tell you whether to enter the cave.