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The debate about using white spaces in the television spectrum white space is getting red-hot as a Nov. 4 vote by the Federal Communications Commission grows closer. As further proof that telecommunications policy makes strange bedfellows, Microsoft has joined Google in urging the FCC to allow white space to be used for a national wireless broadband. In a telephone conference with reporters Monday morning, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie said the software giant agrees with Google that using the white space could make the United States a world leader in broadband access, particularly in rural areas. “As we look to rural communities, we’ll see more community broadband connectivity,” Mundie said. “Using unlicensed white-space spectrum, we could connect farmhouses in the square states that you couldn’t achieve with Wi-Fi.” FCC Gets Lots of Static The white-space pot has been simmering for a long time — in fact, Mundie said it’s an idea Microsoft has been looking at since 2002. The debate intensified earlier this year when Google cofounder Larry Page traveled to Washington to urge the FCC to look into the proposal. After a favorable report was issued earlier this month by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin circulated a draft order to open up the white space and tentatively scheduled a vote for the commission’s Nov. 4 meeting. The OET report found that if wireless devices are equipped with frequency-sensing and geolocation capabilities, the technologies can prevent the devices from interfering with television signals. Television broadcasters strenuously disagree. They argue that regardless of what technology is built into wireless devices, the use of white space for broadband will interfere with television signals broadcast on adjacent frequencies, rendering the channels useless. Pushing the ‘Pause’ Button The National Association of Broadcasters is urging the FCC to at least delay the vote. In a…
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