Internet Hardware For White-Space Spectrum?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @06:50AM from the where-are-the-software-configurable-radios? dept.

g2 in the desert writes "I live in a small rural community in the US Southwest, where broadband service varies from decent but very expensive, to lousy but less expensive. Now that the Federal Communications Commission has approved the use of the soon to be vacated White-Space Spectrum, I'm interested in helping the community build its own local Internet service, providing villagers another choice. Does anyone know what companies will be manufacturing hardware that will be required to utilize this spectrum, and what steps need to be taken in order to be in compliance with any FCC rules and regulations?"

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WISPA by Flimzy · 2009-04-29 07:04 · Score: 5, Informative

I'm sure the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA -- http://www.wispa.org/) will be an invaluable resource for you. If they don't have the answers you seek already, they probably will as soon as they become available.