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FCC Testing AWS Spectrum Interference
Addressing T-Mobile concerns about free nationwide broadband plan
by KathrynV Saturday 30-Aug-2008 tags: competition · fcc · business · T-Mobile US · wireless
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The FCC has plans to auction off a 25MHz piece of the Advanced Wireless Service spectrum with the goal of creating a free nationwide broadband network that would cover 95% of the country. This has been opposed by T-Mobile which claims that the technology involved in such a system would cause interference and disrupt service for its customers. The FCC has agreed to conduct tests to determine whether T-Mobile is correct about the interference issues. The tests will take place next week in Seattle. They will be conducted by the chief engineer of the FCC but are paid for by T-Mobile which is certain that results will prevent the free nationwide broadband plan from moving forward.

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uid1307457
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t-mobile

A bunch of greedy bastards who need to stop the advancement of technologies because they wont get their cut.
permalink · 2008-08-30 11:26:52 · Reply to this ·
EPS

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Hingham, MA

Re: t-mobile

Because it's totally impossible that there could actually be interference issues.
permalink · 2008-08-30 12:13:43 · Reply to this ·

WiseOldNerd
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T-Mobile Could Be Right-Hence The Test

T-Mobile is perhaps the least rapacious of the major wireless companies, and as a TMO customer I don't want the Bush Nazis in the FCC to f++kup my service as they sell off our airwaves to their cronies.
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permalink · 2008-08-30 12:41:04 · Reply to this ·

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The Results Are In!

The test results are in and no interference was found (at least any reports of interference were expunged from final report). The AWS sale will continue as planned and T-Mobile will be out the test fees. Money talks...

This look at the future provided by ME.
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permalink · 2008-08-30 13:14:30 · Reply to this ·

mustang03282

join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ

and we have to foot the bill

so the fcc makes the money off selling a 25MHz piece of the Advanced Wireless Service spectrum but us tmobile customers have to foot the bill for them to do the test first. Does anyone els see something wrong with this? If the fcc wants to sell something shouldn't they have to pay for the test?
permalink · 2008-08-31 07:11:35 · Reply to this ·

azcabletech

@npgco.com

Re: and we have to foot the bill

nope cause tmo said it was going to cause interf. what i dont understand how someone would say it was going to do this, when most cell carriers use the 900MHz to 1900Mhz spec, the signals should travel through the air right next toeach other with no issues
permalink · 2008-09-02 06:53:26 · Reply to this ·

anon4242

@sonic.net

Maybe it wasn't interference they were worried about

My theory is they were mostly worried that people would be able to leverage T-Mobile compatible hardware for use with the free spectrum. That would lower the cost for entry, thus in a way T-Mo would be subsidizing the free spectrum. If there was a new unique frequency used it would require development of new radios and that would slow down uptake of the free frequencies.

But then again perhaps that is a lame theory because they wouldn't want to pay for an interference test otherwise.
permalink · 2008-09-03 02:57:27 · Reply to this ·
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