| hmm I think the idea was a good enough reason to sign.
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To the members of the Federal Communications Commission:
I'm writing to urge you to open up currently unused parts of the TV spectrum (the "white spaces") for wireless broadband and other emerging technologies. I applaud the extraordinary steps the Commission has taken to realize the potential of TV white spaces to date, and encourage you to take this next step today.
The potential benefits of freeing up this important public resource, more than three-quarters of which today is unused, are overwhelming.
The white spaces can:
* Pave the way for universal wireless broadband access;
* Extend broadband wireless to rural areas that currently aren't connected at all;
* Enhance the reliability of public safety communications;
* Enable distance learning for students in remote locations or for whom traditional classroom-based learning is impractical; and,
* Bring high-speed mobile internet access to every high school and middle school in the country.
Opening up unused TV spectrum might be one of our best remaining chances to address the digital divide by creating affordable and truly universal broadband wireless coverage in the U.S.. I urge you to take this rare opportunity to connect millions more people to the Internet.
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"Stop bitching Apple cut the price of the iPhone, early adopters always pay a premium, early adopters being a business term for meaning dipshits who stand in line for six hours for a freaking phone. It's not a price cut, its a repeal on the nerd tax." -BM |
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| i like the last idea. i could see the 'white space' devices becoming a replacement to dial up, as in it: works pretty much everywhere, provides basic internet service for (hopefully) little to no cost. if you want more bandwidth (MB/s or MB alloted per account), you can always pay to get broadband from dsl, cable, or if you are luck, some sort of fiber. |
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said by uid1307457: quote:
To the members of the Federal Communications Commission:
* Bring high-speed mobile internet access to every high school and middle school in the country.
Since high schools and middle schools are in a fixed location (they don't often move without warning), why do they need a wireless access to the internet? Wasn't the e-rate program (which we have all paid into) supposed to get every school, library, and hospital onto the information superhighway? |
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