Verizon wary about white space, favors licensed spectrum

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: August 8, 2008 9:10:55 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Verizon wary about white space, favors licensed  
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Verizon wary about white space, favors licensed spectrum
By Matthew Lasar | Published: August 08, 2008 - 07:15AM CT

<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080808-verizon-wary-about-white-space-favors-licensed-spectrum.html 
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One of the wireless giants has weighed in on whether the Federal  
Communications Commission should OK unlicensed devices that can send  
and receive broadband through unused TV channels. Verizon Vice  
President Thomas Tauke's comments about "white space" technology on  
Thursday weren't entirely negative, just mostly.

"Generally we have favored licensed spectrum," Tauke said at a press  
conference, "but we are continuing to look at what the potential may  
be here." On the other hand, he said he wanted to be certain that  
these applications, currently being evaluated by the FCC, don't  
interfere with Verizon wireless products or anything else. "Nobody has  
passed the test" just yet, Tauke said.
Methinks thou does protest too much?
Manufacturers developing these devices disagree with this assessment.  
Motorola has reportedpositive results during the FCC's Office of  
Engineering and Technology's (OET) recent string of tests at various  
rural and suburban sites in Maryland. Philips also says it has  
demonstrated these devices successfully before the FCC.ons  
infrastructure now include concerns about cell phones. Broadcasters  
already charge they will wreak havoc on TV signals, and strongly  
disagree with Motorola's optimism about the OET tests. Stadium  
entertainment outfits like the Grand Old Opry say that they will  
interfere with wireless microphone systems. And churches, which also  
use wireless mics, recently added their voice to this chorus.

On July 30, National Religious Broadcasters warned that if the FCC  
authorizes these devices without addressing the associations' worries,  
"it might be one of the greatest technical blunders in our nation's  
history." It should be noted that this would put unlicensed broadband  
apps on a par with the Three Mile Island accident, William  
Mulholland's 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster, and the 1941 failure of   
United States intelligence to warn Pearl Harbor in time of a probable  
attack from Japan.

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