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Technology Liberation Front: FCC rejects Google Microsoft whitespace devices

  • Harold Feld · 2 years ago
    Oddly, given our usual disagreements, you may find my post about this on the publicknowledge blog interesting.
    http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1150
  • Richard Bennett · 2 years ago
    Reading Harry Feld's blog it appears that the Philips device basically works and the MS device doesn't. That's not at all surprising. Philips was a leader in the development of the UWB system that uses licensed spectrum in such a way as not to interfere with licensed uses, and MS is, well, we all know what they are.
  • Harold · 2 years ago
    If the Philips device worked, why do you suppose the FCC rejected the technology? It seems the broadcasters are most worried about the technology being permitted...
  • Tony · 12 months ago
    Hm... I don't think the rejection was true, or at least it's not true anymore...

    http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081104/tc_nm/us...