I know that relatively recently, the FCC put this band up for auction since it was open after the shift to digital TV. I heard that Google was trying to buy it to turn it into a nationwide (free I think...???) wireless internet provider.
I just saw a commercial for FloTV. After a bit of research, I find that it uses this band to broadcast tv programming.
A) Isn't this what we used to get for free with those little antenna'd tvs for free?
B) How didn't Google get it? I know they were ready to put up the 4.6B dollars for it but, from what I read, agreements couldn't be met regarding who could use it. Google wanted everyone to be able to use it.
C) Who DID get it?
Does anyone know what happened with this? As of right now, it looks like capitalism at its finest: Google wanted to buy something to offer something for free/cheap and money grubbers didn't want that to happen...
I just saw a commercial for FloTV. After a bit of research, I find that it uses this band to broadcast tv programming.
A) Isn't this what we used to get for free with those little antenna'd tvs for free?
B) How didn't Google get it? I know they were ready to put up the 4.6B dollars for it but, from what I read, agreements couldn't be met regarding who could use it. Google wanted everyone to be able to use it.
C) Who DID get it?
Does anyone know what happened with this? As of right now, it looks like capitalism at its finest: Google wanted to buy something to offer something for free/cheap and money grubbers didn't want that to happen...