Posted 08/14/08 at 10:02:28 AM by Pulkit Chandna
Two Congressmen (Democrats) have come out in support of the proposed auction of spectrum in the Advanced Wireless Services 3 region. The spectrum can only be used for providing porn-free wireless broadband throughout the country sans any access fees, according to the proposal. The two Democrats, Edward Markey (D-MA) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) professed their support for the proposal in a letter they sent to Federal Communications Commission’s chairman Kevin Martin.
They admonished the detractors of the proposal for objecting to the AWS-3 spectrum auction. The two Congressmen don’t believe that the TDD technology that will be used for the Pan-American wireless broadband network will jeopardize services in the AWS-1 region. T-Mobile had objected to any auction in the 2155-2180 MHz spectrum range as it holds AWS-1 spectrum. The duo also supports the proposed auction as it is worried about U.S loosing the broadband-penetration wars to other countries.
Free Wireless broadband certainly seems a step in the right direction. However, the question is whether suppression of pornographic material would encroach upon the right to freedom of speech.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/opulent_rigs_0
[2] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080811-congressional-dems-back-porn-free-wireless-broadband-network.html
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news_in_porn_law
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/att_erroneously_promises_free_wifi_access_iphone_users
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/the_auction_that_could_free_the_internet
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