Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

1st 'Super Wi-Fi' Net Goes Live In North Carolina

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

alphadogg writes "Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a 'Super Wi-Fi' network. Officials from New Hanover County, N.C., announced Thursday that they had become the first in the United States to deploy a mobile data network on so-called 'white spaces' spectrum that the FCC first authorized for unlicensed use in 2008."

2 of 60 comments (clear)

  1. Wow. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Boy! How were they able to do that without some cable / telecom lobby dumping stacks of 100$ on the state political whores to block it? Amazing.

    --
    If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
  2. Makes it easy for police to put up new cameras. by BenSnyder · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I live in Wilmington and here's a bit of a better article from the local newspaper, the Star News.

    And for all the tin-foil hat types, you'll love this bit:

    "Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said the white space network enables the city's police department to install surveillance cameras at a fraction of the cost of installing one using cables and other wires necessary to reach a signal."