AT&T slams Google over open-access wireless proposal

Iria · Jul 14, 2007, 04:24 AM

Source: Computer Business Review Online
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AT&T has asked Capitol Hill not to enable an open nationwide wireless spectrum, claiming that Google's lobbying of such a network is a bid by the search giant to obtain broadband airwaves at bargain-basement prices.

The Federal Communications Commission this week is deliberating an auction, slated for January, of newly available airwaves. The regulator is expected, later this summer, to decide how to allocate great chunks of the 700 MHz spectrum, which TV broadcasters are vacating as they convert to digital signals.

calidan · Jul 14, 2007, 05:01 AM

It sounds like AT&T doesn't want Google to offer cheap broadband.

Jul 14, 2007, 04:24 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	AT&T slams Google over open-access wireless proposal Source: Computer Business Review Online _________ AT&T has asked Capitol Hill not to enable an open nationwide wireless spectrum, claiming that Google's lobbying of such a network is a bid by the search giant to obtain broadband airwaves at bargain-basement prices. The Federal Communications Commission this week is deliberating an auction, slated for January, of newly available airwaves. The regulator is expected, later this summer, to decide how to allocate great chunks of the 700 MHz spectrum, which TV broadcasters are vacating as they convert to digital signals.

Jul 14, 2007, 05:01 AM	#2
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	It sounds like AT&T doesn't want Google to offer cheap broadband.