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Internet Hardware For White-Space Spectrum?
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?"
"... 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?"
Yeah, I know what you need. Palm Grease. Industrial-grade Palm Grease. You can order it directly from AIG in 55-gallon drums.
I hear the OEM is General Motors, so you might get a discount going directly to the manufacturer.
Seems to work damn well as bailout lubricant too. Just FYI, in case your idea starts to go south...
Seems the big ISPs don't really want your kind in the broadband business. Watch what happens when good ideas meet greed - i.e. Greenlight providing competition to the greedy last mile ISPs.
All I have to say is - good luck!
Interesting? How did that help the person or answer any questions at all? What an extremely shitty defeatist attitude.
Airspan makes a WiMAX unit that operates in the 700mhz band (google airspan 700mhz). I have not used it, but it is available. I think the bigger problem is actually getting the license, unless you can lease it from an existing license holder. From what I understand, the license is very expensive and has a lot of strings attached (ie coverage requirements).
Does anyone here have any first hand knowledge of the 700mhz license?