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Free Internet for all? FCC to vote on plan wireless industry hates
Free, broadband Internet service could become available across the country if the government okays a proposal to open up unused public airwaves to bidders.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote Dec. 18 on whether to auction off the so-called AWS-3 spectrum, an unused chunk of airwaves. The winner would have to agree to use at least 25 percent of the spectrum to build a free, national broadband network (one free of porn, too, for anyone except for “adults” who click online agreements claiming to be 18 or older), but could charge a fee for faster service on the remainder. The network would reach 95 percent of the U.S. population, especially those in rural areas where broadband is less accessible, according to FCC spokesperson Rob Kenny. MORE
This article was written by Jordan Lite over at SciAm.com‘s 60-Second Science Blog (if you don’t read it, start. Its good.)
THOUGHTS
Here’s the thing. Free internet can only be a positive thing for people. Big Internet Service Providers (ISP) have been over charging there costumers for years and its time for a change. And stop given these corpation suites $10 million bounses that they don’t desirve.
The government hasn’t given the OK on this yet, but fingers cross everyone. Its way too early for a victory dance for the small guy, because you know big corperations aren’t taking this one lying down. T-Mobile has already spokien out aganst it and I imgine the others will follow.
If free internet doesn’t happen, it means these big companies are still running this country.
