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March 2008
- Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT
  
  Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission. "There is no benefit to allowing this spectrum to lie fallow." TV broadcasters, fearful of interference, oppose the co-opting of the white space. More »
  
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  Google • FCC • Wi-Fi • Internet service providers • spectrum
- Gates to FCC: Give Us More WiFi Spectrum
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT
  
  A month after Microsoft failed its second opportunity to convince the FCC that companies could deliver broadband Internet via unused TV frequencies without interfering with programming, Bill Gates pushed regulators Thursday to approve the plan, Reuters reports. He said “white space” between channels could allow WiFi to “explode” into less densely populated areas of the US. More »
  
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  television • Microsoft • FCC • Bill Gates • Wi-Fi • broadband Internet • white space • spectrum

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