[Fwd: Re: [DC206] Google and white space]

[Larry Gadallah]

Steve: Can you shed any light on what's going on here?


Cr at n1um wrote:
>  From what perspective?
> 
>  From the perspective of the potential conflict of interest in Google 
> running it?  It could certainly become a test of Google's "don't be 
> evil" motto.
> The FCC apparently has their concerns:
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/01/fcc_mcdowell_on_broadband_plan.html
> 
>  From specific concerns about the proposed technical implementation?
> 
> Or the underlying concept of a white spaces database?
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000087
> 
> 
> Personally, I don't think there is any way around the "need" for a white 
> spaces database, if that spectrum is to be used...and there is so much 
> potential benefit for the utilization of that bandwidth.
> 
> Now as far as Google being the one to run it.  I see them as doing 
> exactly what the FCC asked them to do in the FCCs RFP.  I think that 
> their proposal to run the thing has been speculated since the day the 
> FCC made the announcement:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120709-white-spaces-where-is-google-google-subnet.html
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Tesla <t07101856 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:t07101856 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Does anyone else see a concern with this?
> 
>     http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/White%20Spaces
> 
> 


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