The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will before long vote on a program to auctioneer spectrum , with the winner required to offer free wireless Internet services .
The winner of the 25Mhz piece of spectrum in the 2155MHz striation would be take to apply a fix amount of the spectrum to deliver free wireless Internet access . The operator could choose to use any engineering , but in that range WiMax or many of the mobile technologies would make gumption .
“ We believe this is a good thought and demonstrates the FCC ’s commitment to supporting enterprisingness that have a positive shock on the next stage of wideband invention . This will give consumers greater choices to get to the cyberspace , ” said Chelsea Fallon , a FCC spokeswoman , in a assertion .
The FCC developed the architectural plan based on proposal from several companionship include M2Z Networks , Commnet Wireless , NextWave Broadband and others . M2Z in 2006 aim that the FCC give the troupe the spectrum so that it could offer free wireless Internet admittance to user . The caller be after to fund the electronic web through ad and said that it would give the FCC 5 per centum of its perfect revenue . The FCC ’s current proposal of marriage would plainly auctioneer the spectrum to the high bidder and demand the free avail .
The current proposal also admit a requirement for a content filter that would aim to prevent minors from accessing adult content over the free connection . The final plan could also admit specified data rate for the loose service .
The FCC first sought comment on the proposal last September . In a joint filing , TDS Telecommunications and U.S. Cellular expressed concern about how the spectrum success would fund the free service . “ It will have to be pay for by revenues from somewhere , presumptively other customers not receiving ‘ free ’ Robert William Service , ” they wrote in a comment to the FCC .
Existing wireless wheeler dealer typically oppose proposition that would dictate how they use spectrum . Nonetheless , the FCC of late required the winner of a certain section of spectrum in the 700MHz band to allow any equipment to use the web . Verizon won the spectrum , despite its protests against the demand .
If the FCC approves the plan for the 2155MHz spectrum during its June 12 meeting , it would then have to work out the auction bridge procedures , a operation that could take six months or longer .
