FCC Opens Wireless 3.6GHZ Band 111
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from the two-scoops-of-spectrum dept.
from the two-scoops-of-spectrum dept.
mdeb writes "Broadband Reports has a story on the FCC opening up a portion of the 3.6 GHz spectrum. "This initiative would reserve 50 megahertz in the 3.6 GHz band for unlicensed wireless Internet operations. Setting aside this spectrum would make it easier for vendors to build devices that would work across all Wi-Fi frequencies and create new wireless Internet opportunities in rural America. The new proposal would allow transmissions at power levels higher than currently permitted for Part 15 unlicensed devices.""
Hopefully the cordless phones will stay out (Score:5, Insightful)
Satellites! (Score:3, Insightful)
Obligatory Fake Quote from article (Score:4, Insightful)
BPL (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Does distance scale with frequency? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Does distance scale with frequency? (Score:3, Insightful)
But since this is only been reserved for internet usage you will not have all of the other crap on this range as you do on the 2.4GHz band.
Mmmm.
But the Internet isn't reserved.
Expect VoIP, video phones, X10 over IP alarm systems, http-baby-monitors, (the list goes on) to clog up that there "Internet".
Screw high-frequency, I want high range (Score:2, Insightful)
Better yet, invest a WiFi that will allow a local ISP to broadcast over a 10-mile radius so I can read Slashdot in the goddamn taxi in heavy traffic.