[norraad]

..ok, I second the motion..

[GreaterSwiss]

nationalized airwaves... communist manifesto here we come.

[Red Badger]

Everything FREE in Amerika!............

[incredulous joe]

Sounds like a good idea, but I guess that I’m curious what happens when we all start to use the free superhighway and then the rules change?

I guess that you could say that I don’t trust the government.

[Red Badger]

...the bidder must filter out obscene content...

Good luck with that.......

[max americana]

Does this mean I won’t have to buy coffee from STARBUCKS whenever I use their free wifi??

Wicked! (sarcasm)

[Hazwaste]

Ain’t no such thing as “free”. :)

[kalee]

ping

[henkster]

OK, I have to admit, just for a nanosecond, I thought “free wi fi, most excellent!” Of course I immediately realized what “free” and “government” in the same sentence really means.

No thanks; as much as I pay now, I’ll keep paying. It’s far cheaper than the government providing it for free.

[Wiseghy]

If the reporter has the frequency right, 25mhz is subject to a lot of interference. It’s just below the CB channels and picks up a lot of atmospheric skip, static and noise. It also requires a sizable antenna. This hardly ideal for WiFi.

[JRandomFreeper]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Try to make it work when you are getting paid for it. 700Mhz? LOLOLOLOL! go for it.

Other than it won't work, and it's the government, and they are wasting my money... I don't have any problems with them proving how stupid they are.

/johnny

[joebuck]

Does this mean no one will have to pay for any type of internet access if they are willing to settle for Wi-Fi? I don’t think Comcast or the ISP’s are going to like this. If so, won’t this give the Govt a LOT of control over the net?

[Pontiac]

As the FCC auctions off an unused spectrum of airwaves, the winner may be forced to provide free wireless internet for most of the country.

Not being familiar with the FCC regs, can the FCC legally do this?

Seems like the least the FCC should be required to do is go through the rule making process which includes putting out a request for public comment.

I would think that this kind of thing would require legislation.

[meyer]

Free, huh? And I’m certain that there’ll be many potential buyers wanting to obtain this bandwidth so that they can then give it away. Who keeps hiring these commies in the federal government?

[JerseyHighlander]

Information flows are to be shackled, or there will be no information flows to the public.

That is the proposition.

[big'ol_freeper]

Hmmmm

[Mark was here]

I suppose the electric utilities will give the electricity to run it away for free, their workers will take less pay, the coal companies won’t charge the utilities for the needed coal, the miners will dig it for free, and the railroads will ship it for free.

[wolfcreek]

“also stipulates that the bidder must filter out obscene content”

DOH!!!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

This seems like something that government should stay out of.

[Mark was here]

Concerning the “auction” baloney. The amount paid in the auctions will be paid by the customers using the frequencies, as a hidden tax. Once the FCC is “paid” off the tax will continue as a nice profit center for the lease holders. This will happen until their lease is put back on the block for further taxation. Some how I think the consumers would be better off, with out the taxation.