Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space" database admin

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: January 6, 2010 5:44:11 PM EST
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space"  
> database admin

> Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space" database admin
>
> http://bit.ly/5vzwtS  (Urgent Communications)
>
> I've been and continue to be a big supporter of the "white space"
> concept.  I'll also admit that the devil will be in the details, and
> there are various ways that white space usage could go right -- or
> wrong.  One particularly disconcerting meme I've heard floating around
> has been the idea that hacked firmware for white space devices will
> quickly emerge that "steamrolls over" the official rules and illicitly
> blows past those devices that are "playing by the rules."  If this  
> kind
> of scenario comes to pass and is common, white space could descend
> into useless chaos.
>
> That would be a serious loss worth trying to prevent.
>
> --Lauren--
> NNSquad Moderator



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