http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/ Engadget Comments for FCC chairman wants to fill white spaces with broadband http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/]]>Oct 16th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/
"This is the same "white space" that professionals use for stage wireless systems, the wireless systems that protect Musician's hearing with Wireless in-ear monitors, the same "white space" you pastor's wireless mic sits on, The same space your child's play play or musical sits on. Wireless makes a safer stage with less trip hazards for children, it enables safety communications from FOH to stage, it can even control set movements, lighting cues ETC without the use of copper, thus saving resources and fuel because folks, copper is heavy! There is a LOT of it in a big production. Wireless has been a staple in professional audio for a LONG LONG time!"

If there is a surefire way to ensure that devices each use their own slice of the whitespace spectrum, that's fine, but the problem is that current devices have no such means and the more new devices that are made by companies like google, etc, the more that line is going to get blurred and the more the whitespace is going to be encroached upon. In the end, Google and other corporations really just want to monopolize and make a profit from something that's already being used by tons of people legally, and for free.]]>Oct 16th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/>
"This is the same "white space" that professionals use for stage wireless systems, the wireless systems that protect Musician's hearing with Wireless in-ear monitors, the same "white space" you pastor's wireless mic sits on, The same space your child's play play or musical sits on.
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Well, I've got news for you: Those wireless mics that those musicians have are just props. They're lip syncing.

And those kids shouldn't need a mic for their plays or musicals. Give it some volume so the back row can hear you, like we did in the old days. amirite?]]>Oct 16th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/Oct 16th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/
Waitaminute...]]>Oct 16th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/Oct 16th 2008 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/Oct 16th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/fcc-chairman-wants-to-fill-white-spaces-with-broadband/
Here's an article at ars technica that explains what's going on:

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