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1. Comment - FCC delays plans for free wireless Internet

   (Jun 6, 2008 - 2:27 PM)

   The FCC commissioners have screwed up several things already, and this may indeed be one of them. Their push for broadband over powerlines was a dead issue from the start, with its known capability to interfere with high frequency communications from fire/police/hospitals/ham radio, etc. Those organizations fought it before its inception, and some are still struggling with the issue Even other US government organizations spoke against it, but the all powerful, administration appointed committee pushed its inception - because the president wanted to claim it.
   
   Who is going to pay for this? Not only billions to set it up, but more billions to keep it running and updated. Most of the companies who bid for the spectrum were planning eventual wireless broadband, albeit at a financial cost to the end users, thus a profit to themselves. This is what business is all about. No financial incentives - no financial output or interests. We would all like the service, but lets be reasonable about it - we need to pay--AND NOT THRU TAXES.