Posted on 09/02/2010 9:33:28 AM PDT by newbie2008
Despite a seemingly stout business plan, and all the financial, social and educational benefits it would bring, the FCC's just turned down M2Z's application for a coast-to-coast free wireless broadband system.
The FCC did not elaborate on why it turned down a plan from a new company called M2Z which would've created a U.S.-wide, free wireless broadband network. M2Z's trick was going to be to use a spare bit of the radio spectrum, the 2GHz "AWS-3" band, and earn itself cash by embedding ads in its free Net service as well as licensing out part of the spectrum it would then be controlling for other commercial uses. The entire nationwide system could've been up and running inside 10 years, and 5% of M2Z's revenues would've gone straight to the Treasury.
Ignoring all the potential commercial benefits, educational uses, opportunities for new businesses to spring up that utilized the free network, and all sorts of enterprising stuff that isn't even dreamed up yet, the FCC has finally ceased its deliberations, and has completely denied M2Z's application. Early on, the plan ran afoul of puritanical concerns about how it could be used for viewing pornography--but the FCC's intention to filter porn ran into opposition with civil liberties groups.
Was it too hard to provide a government controlled kill switch?
Just askin’...
Could the undocumented Emperor not control it?
Apparently not since they found the killswitch
Welp, normally the FCC represents all that I find wrong, but the company did want the spectrum for free, which honestly does seem to be a tad unfair.
Free wireless broadband without some kind of porn filters? No thanks. Giving pornographers even more unfettered access to our children is a horrible idea.
There they go again. Cherchez l'ACLU.
they weren’t planning to use union labor apparently
“Early on, the plan ran afoul of puritanical concerns about how it could be used for viewing pornography...”
Like... every other internet connection on the planet?
Pink slips for all, and let's see what the next crop of FCC employees can do for us.
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