Cause for a Celebration

On Tuesday the FCC formally agreed to open up the “white spaces” spectrum (unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels) for wireless broadband service for the public!

This is a huge win for the continued liberation of the Internet.  What is the potential here?  To quote Larry Page - 

I’ve always thought that there are a lot of really incredible things that engineers and entrepreneurs can do with this spectrum. We will soon have “Wi-Fi on steroids,” since these spectrum signals have much longer range than today’s Wi-Fi technology and broadband access can be spread using fewer base stations resulting in better coverage at lower cost. 

The future is bright and connected.  

More reading here:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/vote-for-broadband-in-white-spaces.html

http://www.wirelessinnovationalliance.org/?gclid=CIO2uKLD25YCFQYcHgodIx7K2g