Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The FCC is not proposing a Super Wifi plan to give everyone free wifi

There are false rumors that the FCC is proposing a Super Wifi plan to give everyone free wifi, free phone service and free internet.

What the FCC really proposed after the National Broadband Plan was enacted, is to auction UHF spectrum (channels 31-51) to big telcos, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-mobile. You may want to look at this on Snopes before you get excited.

1  Spectrum bandwidth is too expensive.

2. Nationwide wifi broadband will be too expensive as big telcos impose data caps, you may want to consider using cable/satellite broadband like Xfinity, Hughesnet, and Exede.

3. How are you going to handle all the copyright lawsuits if you had a white space device to give everyone free public wifi? In order for you to offer public wifi, you must adopt stricter rules to combat online piracy including the six strikes system.


The Internet is going to die sooner or later. So you better get the old rabbit ears, read a paperback book, and explore nature.

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