Comments on: Google Pushes White Space, Says Free The AirWaves

By: Google Wants YOU to Fight a Beltway Battle for Broadband

Google Wants YOU to Fight a Beltway Battle for Broadband — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:02:30 +0000

[...] made a similar effort to get people involved in the debate over white spaces, the attempt to deliver broadband between the channels in the [...]

By: FCC Nominee Favors Creative Spectrum Use

FCC Nominee Favors Creative Spectrum Use — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:03:20 +0000

[...] In response to questions by Sen. Maria Cantwell on how he planned to handle decision-making around white spaces broadband, Genachowski said he “applauds the creative use of spectrum,” and went on to laud [...]

By: Delaying DTV could mean longer wait for LTE | Simple Solutions

Delaying DTV could mean longer wait for LTE | Simple Solutions — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:27:43 +0000

[...] we wait on Congress, white spaces broadband will be on hold (it’s designed to occupy spaces between the digital signals in the DTV spectrum), any deployments [...]

By: Google: Money for Nothing and Your Spectrum for Free - GigaOM

Google: Money for Nothing and Your Spectrum for Free - GigaOM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:55:43 +0000

[...] broadband could lead to 20 percent to 30 percent more revenue — which means Google’s vocal support of spectrum openness is already looking like money in the bank. The company pulled in revenue of [...]

By: We’re Gonna Have to Wait a Year for White Spaces - GigaOM

We’re Gonna Have to Wait a Year for White Spaces - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:22:35 +0000

[...] uses today. Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission approved plans to make that happen. Proponents of the technology rejoiced, issuing congratulatory statements heralding the dawn of a new age of broadband for all [...]

By: Free the Airwaves: All of Them - GigaOM

Free the Airwaves: All of Them - GigaOM — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:49:44 +0000

[...] wireless broadband network in the unused spectrum between digital television stations. Between the white spaces issue championed by Google and other tech titans, approving the Sprint-Clearwire joint venture to create a nationwide WiMAX [...]

By: Nov. 4 | Susan Crawford blog

Nov. 4 | Susan Crawford blog — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:09:56 +0000

[...] such a way as to undermine the prospects of those wireless carriers who are trying to merge? Will unlicensed use of the white spaces be allowed – which may provide ways for rural high-speed internet access to be provided without [...]

By: God & Country Line Up to Stop White Spaces - GigaOM

God & Country Line Up to Stop White Spaces - GigaOM — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:53:16 +0000

[...] the Federal Communication Commission is set to vote on a proposal to turn over spectrum between the digital television channels for a wireless broadband service, singer/songwriter Dolly Parton has come out against the plan. She joins mega-church pastor Joel [...]

By: Key Relevance Review of Google Patents -SEO by the Sea - by Key Relevance’s Bill Slawski

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:46:50 +0000

[...] It will be interesting to see how they will use some of it, including the possibility of freeing up whitespace for broadband [...]

By: FCC Gives Whites Spaces a Boost

FCC Gives Whites Spaces a Boost — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:24 +0000

[...] Communications Commission has released an engineering report that increases the chances of a new wireless broadband network operating in the so-called white spaces, or unused spectrum, between digital TV channels. Such a service could compete with existing [...]

By: FCC Gives Whites Spaces a Boost - GigaOM

FCC Gives Whites Spaces a Boost - GigaOM — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:03:39 +0000

By: Why There Won’t Be Broadband Competition Anytime Soon - GigaOM

Why There Won’t Be Broadband Competition Anytime Soon - GigaOM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:33:40 +0000

[...] Spaces: Several technology companies, including Google, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft and Dell, are pleading with the FCC to open up the spectrum between digital TV channels so they can use it to offer fast broadband that [...]

By: VoIP Like You Give a Damn | Zensible

VoIP Like You Give a Damn | Zensible — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:39:57 +0000

[...] I checked out Google’s blog post Tuesday about its Free the Airwaves project, which aims to convince the FCC to approve the use of the white spaces between the spectrum vacated by analog television channels for broadband access, I saw it offered [...]

By: The Devil is in the Details in White Space Debate - GigaOM

The Devil is in the Details in White Space Debate - GigaOM — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:31:11 +0000

[...] and those trying to use that spectrum for wireless broadband. Those so-called white spaces are the last chance for wireless broadband competition in the eyes of the Alliance and the only buffer between interference and your television channels according to the National [...]

By: Cable Group Doesn’t Want to Free the Airwaves - GigaOM

Cable Group Doesn’t Want to Free the Airwaves - GigaOM — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:00:14 +0000

[...] a dire picture of interference in the home and in the equipment leading into neighborhoods should Google’s plan to “Free the Airwaves” succeed. To put this in perspective, every time a consumer in a single family home uses a [...]

By: VoIP Like You Give a Damn - GigaOM

VoIP Like You Give a Damn - GigaOM — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:44:55 +0000