More on the pending FCC wireless decision: "Long distance WiFi" rule could be just 10 days away
By Dana Blankenhorn | September 13, 2010, 5:00am PDT
The FCC is due to meet on September 23, and on its agenda is a proposal on white spaces. (The picture is from the UK’s Ofcom regulator, which is also exploring white space radios.) This should matter to you. If, as expected, the FCC adopts a rule on white spaces, WiFi will have vast new territories to develop, frequencies where devices can use higher power, where signals can travel for miles and even go through walls. Neeraj Srivaspaba, a vice president for marketing and business development at Spectrum Bridge Inc. in Lake Mary, FL, has been using white spaces under experimental license for nearly two years and says objections from broadcasters and cordless microphone makers have been solved. [Hm..]
Cont.: m.zdnet.com
fac: the more I look at the geolocation data base approach, the more it's beginning to resemble Signaling System No. 7 and advanced Information Network (SS7/IN) surveillance, look-ahead, and connection set-up and tear-down methods ...
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