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FCC Chief: 300MHz More Spectrum By 2015

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 5, 2012 @04:37AM from the we-want-it-all dept.

itwbennett writes "On Thursday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski laid out plans to make 300MHz more spectrum available by 2015. Among the blocks that will be auctioned in the AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) band is a band between 1755MHz and 1780MHz, where a commercial user would share the spectrum with current government users." Genachowski's full speech (PDF) is available online.

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Re:What I can't figure out... by ThatsMyNick · 2012-10-05 04:48 · Score: 4, Insightful

Well, band fragmentation benefits the carriers. Phones made for one carrier cannot be used on the other, and hence discourages customers from switching to another carrier. No wonder the carriers are keen on spectrum fragmentation.
Re:70CM by jrmcferren · 2012-10-05 04:51 · Score: 4, Informative

I don't normally respond to trolls, but this is a government band and hams have secondary usage of this. It won't happen.

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Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-05 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

640 KHz ought to be enough for anybody.