Free US wireless network a step closer

According to a technologycurrent.com report a free US wireless network at 2 GHz is a step closer.

The website quotes an AFP report that says

A free nationwide wireless Internet network has moved one step closer to becoming a reality in the United States following a key finding by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Major US telecommunications companies have opposed opening up unused portions of the US airwaves to wireless Web use, but a new report by FCC engineers has essentially shot down one of their major arguments.

The proposed band is 2155-2175 MHz, or AWS-3, for Advanced Wireless Service.

For the full technologycurrent.com story see
http://technologycurrent.com/free-us-wireless-network-a-step-closer

Word doc of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology Releases Analysis of AWS-3 Interference Tests
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2245A2.doc