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Congress Wants FCC To Auction TV White Spaces

Posted by samzenpus on from the maximizing-profits dept.

GovTechGuy writes "Things don't look good for Google, Microsoft and other companies hoping to experiment with super WiFi and other technologies in unused TV channels or 'White spaces'. Both House Republicans and Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller are prodding the FCC to sell as much spectrum as possible at next year's incentive auction, which may not leave much for those hoping to advance the next generation of WiFi technology."

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  1. Re:another sellout by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The CONgressMEN have sold us (US?) out, now they're selling out what they don't own, the electromagnetic spectrum. Is this a fire sale where everything must go?

    Don't you folks in the USA "preach" to the world that you've got the "greatest" democracy?

    I think it's in order to revise this mantra, no?