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FCC AUCTION CRITICAL: IT WILL DETERMINE BROADBAND'S FUTURE
[SOURCE: Newhouse News Service, AUTHOR: Katherine Reynolds Lewis]
There's about to be a land rush in telecommunications as the U.S. government
auctions the only remaining airwaves suitable for nationwide, high-speed
wireless Web access. Big telephone and cable companies are jostling alongside
Internet and technology entrepreneurs to control the spectrum, estimated to be
worth as much as $30 billion. "It's the biggest chunk of spectrum to come back
into the public administration in a generation and it's by far the most
valuable piece," said Ben Scott, policy director at Free Press. What's at
stake? The auction winners will determine whether American homes, businesses
and classrooms have access to a third "pipe" for high-speed Internet, not to
mention better reception and innovative services for mobile phones and other
devices. The spectrum is ideally suited to wireless communications because the
frequencies are high enough to carry large amounts of data, but low enough to
penetrate walls and travel long distances - meaning fewer towers are required
for a network.
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