FCC moves ahead with plan for smut-free wireless broadband
Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin's campaign for a free, smutless, wireless, national broadband service for the people opened a new chapter on Friday with the release of a public comment cycle on the plan. The agency's Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNOPR) advocates "public access to free, nationwide, high-speed wireless broadband Internet services using a portion of the winning bidder’s network in the 2.1GHz Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum."
The Further Notice asks for comment on one very contested block in the 2.1GHz neighborhood: the 2155-2180MHz band. That's the zone to watch—the region where groups like M2Z Networks have long advocated creating a free, national, broadband service with the spicy stuff filtered out.
