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TK Junk Mail
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|  New America Foundation lost touch with reality
The New America Foundation thinks that having more unlicensed spectrum is going to result in $10/mo internet access:
»www.newamerica.net/files/archive···13_1.pdf
Using these white spaces, the wireless broadband industry could deliver Internet access to every American household at high speeds and low prices for as little as $10 a month by some estimates. And exactly who is going to do this for $10/mo - the government?? Sounds like another scheme dreamed up by those who are always trying to expand government involvement in everything.
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| Ahh, nothing better than the unqualified opinion of a suburban upper middle class Republican, whose life is entirely made possible by government services and subsidies, yet continue to espouse rugged individualism. I suggest that unless you're willing to give up your government-regulated TV, government-maintained streets, and government-paid police, you try to educate yourself a little about the real world, rather than continuing to listen to Rush Limbaugh.
The point, since you seem to have missed it, is that this new spectrum would be able to cover vast areas for very little cost. A single tower could very easily cover a bubble 30 miles wide, more if you provide better antennas on the client end. If the spectrum is made unlicensed, then the hardware will be cheap and broadly available. With cheap hardware that covers a large area, providers would be able to offer service to more people at a lower cost, and make their money in bulk. | |
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said by TK Junk Mail  :And exactly who is going to do this for $10/mo - the government?? No, maybe someone that wants to make use of the free, unlicensed spectrum available under this initiative, and wants to become the Walmart of the broadband world. Offer 384K for $9.99 a month and undercut the incumbants. At these frequencies, no need for some pro-installed precisely aimed high gain antenna (a 20 dB antenaa ain't practical at these frequencies, anyway).
It's called competition. Why the knee-jerk assumption that this involves a gov't program? | |
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