MarkSorensen
Premium
join:2002-05-21
Northern Cal
| 700 Mhz - DBS, Net Firms Unite on Auction Plan
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6423300.html
quote:
DBS, Net Firms Unite on Auction Plan
Will Seek National Licensing Scheme For Sale of Former TV Spectrum
Washington— DirecTV and EchoStar Communications have formed an alliance with Google, Intel, Yahoo and Skype to support a national licensing scheme in a pending federal auction of spectrum expected to raise at least $10 billion, according to a Federal Communications Commission filing the parties made last week.
The portion of spectrum in the 700-Megahertz band that is being sold is highly prized because it could give a deep-pocketed entrant like Google a shot at creating from scratch a national wireless broadband network by using the best segment of airwaves ever made available by the FCC — now occupied by UHF broadcast television stations — for the provision of mobile high-speed data service
...
|
|
mrbueno
join:2002-08-03
US
3 edits | Dear Independent ISPs and wISPs,
F**k you!
Your friends,
Large Corporations and Their Lobbyists |
|
whoever
join:2006-03-13
Avon, CO | reply to MarkSorensen
Yes it does look like we are all going to bite the dust in about 3 years max. Even the large WISPs with plenty of customers can be taken out once the big guys can provide service almost anywhere under one ID. Anyone think differently? |
|
lutful
Premium
join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| WISP opportunities exist even where telcos are running CDMA voice/data services at 400Mhz. 
But I recently interviewed with a new start-up that is designing SDR gear for any UHF TV band. They are very gung-ho on prospects of Google/Youtube or Skype/Joost driving a new global network using VSAT + UHF bands. |
|
