http://www.metafilter.com/tags/nerdnews Posts tagged with 'nerdnews' at MetaFilter. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:49:49 -0800 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:49:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76251/The%2Dairwaves%2Dare%2Dfreed The results of the vote are in. Today, the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aw93dUvCSznc&refer=home">FCC voted 5-0</a> to approve the <a href="http://wirelessinnovationalliance.org/">Google-sponsored initiative</a> to free up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_space_(telecommunications)">vacant TV airwaves</a>. The "<a href="http://www.freetheairwaves.com/index.html">Free The Airwaves</a>" victory means broadcast spectrum that becomes available as analog TV transmissions are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_switchover">switched off</a> can be made available to create nationwide wireless internet access services, or "Wi-Fi on steroids". One election down, one to go. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76251 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:49:49 -0800 digitalswitchover election fcc freetheairwaves google nerdnews votes whitespace lodev