tech.yahoo.com - 10/16/2008
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WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed opening up unused portions of the television airwaves known as " white spaces " to deliver wireless broadband service . The proposal by FCC chief Kevin Martin appeals to public interest groups and many of ...
fcc.gov - 10/13/2008
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all headlines 10/10/08 Media Bureau Finds Independent Programmers Make...
Prima Facie Case of Program Carriage Discrimination Against Cable Operators. MO : Word | Acrobat 10/10/08 ...
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online.wsj.com - 10/13/2008
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A proposal to create a free, national wireless
Internet service got a boost as Federal Communications Commission...
engineers concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers. The report clears the way for the FCC ...
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FCC Clears Free Wireless Web
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/15/2008
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he
wants to allow portable devices to use the airwaves...
between TV channels for wireless broadband service. After months of testing and over a year of lobbying by tech firms Google, ...
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FCC Chair Wants to Go Forward With Use of White Spaces
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FCC chairman wants to fill white spaces with broadband
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... Good news, folks -- Kevin Martin believes that more mobile broadband is good for this nation. And we're all about getting the WiFi to the people. Just as ...
FCC chairman supports white spaces for wireless broadband
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... Internet connection the American people.
Some of the companies that FCC chief Kevin Martin is appealing too are Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., and if he can get them two in side, the half the battle has been won. Martin’s plan could meet with opposition from the nation’s big television broadcasters.
They worry that the use of White Spaces and use them to bring wireless Internet broadband could disrupt their over-the-air signals.
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