White Space Plan Would Reuse TV Spectrum

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 5, 2009 @09:41AM from the this-time-for-good-not-for-evil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A collection of companies including Microsoft, Google and Motorola are teaming up for a new white space wireless network plan. The White Spaces Database Group, as it will be known, plans on formulating a plan to create, govern and maintain a wireless broadband network on abandoned analog television spectrum. When the spectrum is finally vacated in June, the group hopes that system in place which will allow for the creation of an open wireless broadband network which will be accessible by any device. The FCC officially approved keeping the spectrum open back in November, despite staunch opposition from telco firms."

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Re:Gay niggers going bump in the night by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-05 10:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

So _that's_ why Obama wants to ban space weapons!
Re:Govern? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-05 10:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You Dickhead, Maybe he couldn't because you replied as an AC with a score of 0 and he probably didn't see it. Try editing your posts of the first time before berating people dumbass.
Re:Govern? by ushering05401 · 2009-02-05 11:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Do you really think I would post AC then sign my post?
Re:Govern? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-05 11:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yes
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Re:Govern? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-05 11:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Read my posting history.. I have no problem telling people to fuck off without clicking post anonymously.
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