http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/ Engadget Comments for FCC's Genachowski previews broadband plan, demands half gigahertz of spectrum for the task 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/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
No sir, you have your facts wrong. Both at&t and T-Mo use spectrum that pretty much none of the world uses, from talk/edge/3g. But more phones Euro based phones include the 850/1900mhz bands in their chipsets, since T-Mo uses AWS (1700/2100) their 3g wouldnt be usable while it would work on at&t. That will change as more countries start using AWS, and many have or will auction it off.]]>Feb 24th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
I am also leaving a few sites with band information so that there can be better understanding. AT&T 3G phones are useless here in Europe. Repeat the 3G bands I am not talking about the 2G bands people seems to get those confused

http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3?sCountry=GERMANY

http://www.umtslink.at/index.php?pageid=umts_frequenzen
(In German)

http://www.golem.de/0907/68618.html (In German)

900mhz has been freed from GSM and will be used for 4G/LTE]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
That's gonna take a'lotta power for any sort of meaningful range. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
Not sure if it's a mistake that was corrected after you posted, but it now says 500 MHz, not GHz.]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
dont bring logic into this...its not like the government will take your house if they want to expand a highway for the better good of the community...oh wait]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
... Execpt that then ISP's and wireless carriers will then come complaining: "Oh you are using way too much bandwidth watching TV. Cut back or we'll charge you extra."

]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
The whole point of the analog to digital transition was to free up airwaves so that exactly what this article describes could happen. As the article says, even in very crowded areas, half of the spectrum isn't even being used.]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Agreed. Although I totally am in favor of ditching analog broadcasts in favor of HD digital transmission.]]>Feb 24th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
If I'm paying for internet access, the transmission network is NOT free.]]>Feb 24th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
Like I said, because ISP's and wireless carriers will then complain that users are wasting too much bandwidth watching IPTV and threaten to cap, throttle or charge extra. Thanks but no thanks. I'd rather watch as much HDTV as I see fit without the worries of being considered a data-hog.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
The OTA consumers were just recently forced through an overhaul. Now they gotta deal with this?
]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
- How you doing?]]>Feb 24th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Of course... when I say 'unlimited', I mean it in the modern sense of 5GB of data.

(I just want to mention my intended sarcasm in case anyone missed it.)

Basically, I don't think it is a bad idea. But I want some consumer protections understood from the get-go.]]>Feb 24th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/"New American Foundation"

The real SkyNet??]]>Feb 24th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
I think you just coined a nickname for this project.
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Hooray, more government taxes to make our bills higher! Thanks FCC!]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 24th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/Feb 25th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/fccs-genachowski-previews-broadband-plan-demands-half-gigahert/
wtf is that supposed to mean?]]>Feb 25th 2010 3:59AM