The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month.
The proposal from the Federal Communications Commission has rattled the $178 billion wireless industry, which has launched a fierce lobbying effort to persuade policymakers to reconsider the idea, analysts say. That has been countered by an equally intense campaign from Google, Microsoft and other tech giants who say a free-for-all WiFi service would spark an explosion of innovations and devices that would benefit most Americans, especially the poor.
The airwaves that FCC officials want to hand over to the public would be much more powerful than existing WiFi networks that have become common in households. They could penetrate thick concrete walls and travel over hills and around trees. If all goes as planned, free access to the Web would be available in just about every metropolitan area and in many rural areas.Read the rest HERE.
Come on folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what's going on here. Ask yourself this. How do these private companies compete with FREE?
They can't. The Government wants to put these folks out of business and have total control of the internet...and what goes over it.
Bad Idea....if freedom of speech means anything to you.
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Thanks for the info Bosman.
-Martha
Things are happening in this government that truly scare me! I know this has probably always been the case.
But now, scarcely a day goes by that this administration is not found involved in either a usurpation of Constitutional power, a cover-up, an abuse of power, or some type of corruption. And there's actually so much now, that it's hard to focus on just one problem!
Maybe Barack Obama really is a lot smarter than I realized!
Our freedoms and values are eroding right under our feet, and we sit here and watch, powerless to do anything.
-Martha
Unless this could be done by executive order, Congress would not allow this.
Folks, it wouldn't actually be *free government supplied WiFi*, it would be unlicensed spectrum. It would mean *less* government regulation, not more--anyone could do whatever they wanted with that part of the spectrum. This is exactly how current WiFi works, they're just talking about allocating even more of the spectrum to it.
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