Obama To Nearly Double the Available Broadband Wireless Spectrum

Posted by Soulskill on Monday June 28, 2010 @07:06AM from the build-us-more-airwaves dept.

suraj.sun tips news that the Obama administration announced today plans to free up roughly 500MHz of the wireless spectrum for commercial broadband. From the Washington Post: "The commitment backs a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to auction off broadcasters' and government spectrum to commercial carriers that envision their networks running home appliances, automobile applications, tablet computers and other wireless devices. White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said in a speech outlining the president's plan that freeing up more spectrum will spur economic growth through auctions of the airwaves and investment in wireless networks and technology. ... The FCC has proposed that 280 megahertz of spectrum come from broadcasters and other sources, 120 of which would come from broadcasters. The other 220 megahertz would come from the federal government's holdings managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration."

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Re:where's the birth certificate by iivel · 2010-06-28 07:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Really? That crap again....

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories

I could find plenty more confirmations for you.
Re:where's the birth certificate by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-28 07:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yes, that crap again. It will continue for as long as Obama is president (and probably some time after.)
The Birthers don't believe your links because they don't want to.
Obama's birth certificate is presented, they say "it's forged! We need witnesses!"
Witnesses come forward and say it's geniune. Birthers then say "I don't trust those witnesses! I want corroboration from someone I trust."
Trusted people come forward and say it's true, and the birthers then claim "I still don't believe it! I need actual proof!"
If the heavens parted and Jesus Christ himself sailed down from his throne and declared that Obama was born in the US, the birthers would likely just reply "Wow - Obama is trying too hard - he must be hiding where he was born!"