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FCC may release new wireless spectrum, unused television channels (washingtonpost.com)
3 points by coffee on Sept 13, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Can someone elaborate on why broadcasters have been OK with wireless mics but not with other devices in this spectrum? Wouldn't wireless mics risk stomping on TV channels if poorly designed too?

The section on "Internet connected refrigerators" is plain silly. You would be hard-pressed to find a worse usage scenario for wireless broadband, given that a fridge is 1) fixed in a spot and 2) couldn't possibly require much bandwidth to order eggs.




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