The next major FCC action might just be the White Space spectrum, those frequencies that used to carry your old analog TV channels. A more complete understanding of this spectrum has led me to believe that there is a major opportunity here, and the possibilities are nearly endless. Most recent findings, those the FCC intend to base decisions on, see this as a Win-Win for consumers.

One of the most important aspects of this technology is that the white space that surrounds your home or school belongs to you. Using the white space, high speed internet access can be broadcast via these seldom used low frequency channels to a central hub, a combination TV tuner/wireless router that can both send and receive data as well as hook up all of your wireless devices. The theory is that you, or your school, or your church should have access to these low frequency signals and at the least, be able to connect all of the devices to a single point.  The local devices can be anything. TV’s, laptops, smart phones, 2 way’s, or kid trackers. The network uses the old analog  TV signal space grandma used to watch Cronkite on.

Think of your hub being the TV station both receiving and broadcasting, via an encrypted, secure, and low power channel to your IPad at the train station 3 miles away. Think of connecting all of the televisions, stereo’s, speakers, and consoles  you are  using today to your hub without a single wire. Since it uses the low frequency space the old analog TV signals occupied before the birth of digital broadcasting, there are virtually thousands of available frequencies at low power for communities both large and small. Google has volunteered to create a database that uses geolocation technology  to map the location of the device and compares it to the location of Hubs in an area. Theses White Space devices will need no line of sight to maintain a signal so at very low power, your hub can be hidden and you could still have a great connection 4 stories down.

The space between the channels on your television is where the future of communication lives. The potential for this white space is limited only by creativity, ingenuity, and the need for clear rules of the road. Wireless broadband is the most promising way to extend affordable, ubiquitous, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans, create mesh networks for emergency first responders, enable new capabilities that bring safety, convenience, and comfort to consumers in their homes, and empower the creators of tomorrow’s innovations.

The time is now that we allow free access to this white space, it in turn will allow developers to come up with new and innovative uses for this spectrum in conjunction with device makers, and it should allow those communities with no broadband penetration a good chance to be connected. How about a network of free television channels to broadcast the High School play or football game. How about an integrated Fire, Police, and EMS communication and training network without the outlay of taxpayer money to pay the FCC for those pesky and expensive license’s. The future is now and on November 4th, the FCC I hope would agree with me.

PETA has once again pulled a WTF by launching a campaign urging people to start calling fish “sea kittens” so that we won’t want to eat them anymore. Fishing, for food and bait, dates back at least to the Paleolithic period which began about 40,000 years ago.  The total number of fishermen and fish farmers in the world is estimated to be 38 million, while fisheries provide employment to an estimated 200 million people. In 2005, the worldwide per-capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 32 lbs., with an additional 16.3 pounds harvested from fish farms. In PETA’s view, all fish suffer cruel and unusual punishment, and suffer unduly because they are not “cute and cuddly.” In an attempt to change children’s opinion of fish from the cradle, they have launched a new web site, called  ‘Sea Kittens’.

Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and defending the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. With that in mind, PETA is out in the community forcing change wherever possible. In the latest drama, PETA has attempted to change the name of Whitefish High School, in Whitefish, MT, to Sea Kitten High School. Other PETA efforts include a ban on the sale of glue traps for rats, demanding all-vegetarian only lunch plans in local school’s and prisons, demanding higher insurance premiums for meat eaters, and demanding that Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino stop eating SPAM. PETA, who’s FUD Campaigns are some of histories classics, has hoodwinked America’s middle-class housefrau’s and their children much in the same way Barry did last November. Throwing flour is only scratching the surface of this left-wing radical group.

 The real story here is that  PETA’s vision of making fish ‘cute and cuddly’ only make the children who you teach this shit to grow up believing it. It kind of reminds me of the kid I saw last week barking like a dog, but thats another story.

A Real SeaKitten

The most important issue today in the FCC is the use of the White Space Radio Spectrum. After many discussions, and a nasty FUD campaign by the Major Telco companies, the FCC plans on allowing local, licence-free use of this White Space spectrum, and the possibilities are nearly endless. Most recent findings, those the FCC intend to base decisions on, see this as a Win-Win for consumers.

Imagine free, local android phones calls, or even using your router instead of cables for your television. How about using your cell phone instead of your PC and still have a keyboard and mouse? How about a network of free television channels to broadcast the High School play or football game. How about an integrated Fire, Police, and EMS communication and training network without the outlay of taxpayer money to pay the FCC for those pesky and expensive licence’s. All of these possibilities exist, along with many that have not even been invented. The future is now, and it looks real cool.

The space between the channels on your television is where the future of communication lives. The potential for this white space is limited only by creativity, ingenuity, and the need for clear rules of the road. Wireless broadband is the most promising way to extend affordable, ubiquitous, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans, create mesh networks for emergency first responders, enable new capabilities that bring safety, convenience, and comfort to consumers in their homes, and empower the creators of tomorrow’s innovations.

One of the most important aspects of this technology is that the white space that surrounds your home or school belongs to you. Your radio waves belong to you, not some multimillion dollar money grubbing left-wing media company. There are so many open frequencies that in a community like North Rockland, there would be an endless supply of channels for everyone to use. All you need is a transmitter and a dream. The time is now that we allow free access to this white space, it in turn will allow developers to come up with new and innovative uses for this spectrum in conjunction with device makers, and it should allow those communities with no broadband penetration a good chance to be connected.

I want to thank the Wireless Innovation Alliance who’s members have lobbied to make this spectrum available. You can visit them for more information.