[kictanet] Use of TV white space by Indigo and Microsoft

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 18:41:26 EAT 2013


Hi Brian,



On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please take note that this saga is playing out in the USA with traditional
> telcos fighting to protect their turf while former content companies
> threaten survival of the telcos.

Some of the telcos are of 2 minds on this one, as they could offload
lots of traffic onto wifi and save money.

>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/tech-telecom-giants-take-sides-as-fcc-proposes-large-public-wifi-networks/2013/02/03/eb27d3e0-698b-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html
>
> Excerpt:
> "The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the
> nation

The FCC wants other people to create these networks is the reality.

I doubt many would actually provide free (no cost) open wifi, altho
that is the dream for many of us.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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