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The Federal Communications Commission postponed next week's vote on whether to auction unused airwaves that would offer free wireless Internet connections.FCC Chairman Kevin Martin decided to pull his proposal from the June 12 meeting agenda to give the panel more time to review the idea and allow more comments from the public. Wireless carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless say the plan might interfere with other networks.
US F.C.C Postpones Next Week's Free Wireless Vote [washingtonpost.com]
Martin's plan calls for the FCC to sell 25 megahertz of airwaves and require the buyer to use some of that spectrum to provide a free broadband service.
Does this mean that whoever buys these airwaves will provide free wireless broadband? That's awesome!
Come to think of it, it surprises me that this has not already been done. Google should be experimenting with providing free wireless broadband. If you argue that it would be cost-prohibitive, think of it like this: The more people use the Internet, the more money Google makes (becaue of adsense).
