The 700MHz spectrum is not going to be used for global wifi. It would make a lousy wifi service. The transmitter would have to be gigantic--at your house as well.
More than likely it will be used to get that 'last mile' communication to areas that have no other communication.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Verizon? looks like I'm not getting my free global wi-fi *sigh*
I would love for Google to get into the telecom biz... if only it were that simple.
Let's hope Google bid-sniped those profiteering jerks!
The 700MHz spectrum is not going to be used for global wifi. It would make a lousy wifi service. The transmitter would have to be gigantic--at your house as well.
More than likely it will be used to get that 'last mile' communication to areas that have no other communication.