Comments on: White Spaces in Canada? http://mikepultz.com/2009/02/white-spaces-in-canada/ personal and professional blog of mike pultz, technology specialist and serial entrepreneur; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Natalie http://mikepultz.com/2009/02/white-spaces-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Natalie Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:56:53 +0000 http://mikepultz.com/?p=162#comment-12 The good thing about the FCC's decision (or Microsoft's/Google's "coercion") is that it acknowledges that the access to information is a basic right. So if the Internet happens to be the tool in which this information is garnered, it needs to be available to everyone, at all times. (YES!) I hope the CRTC does follow suit, and quickly too. Using available channels to shift one medium over to another, will probably be the most archaic means of becoming increasingly cutting-edge. Perhaps in this scenario, a little American muscle, will be necessary to force the CRTC's hand. The good thing about the FCC’s decision (or Microsoft’s/Google’s “coercion”) is that it acknowledges that the access to information is a basic right. So if the Internet happens to be the tool in which this information is garnered, it needs to be available to everyone, at all times. (YES!)

I hope the CRTC does follow suit, and quickly too. Using available channels to shift one medium over to another, will probably be the most archaic means of becoming increasingly cutting-edge. Perhaps in this scenario, a little American muscle, will be necessary to force the CRTC’s hand.

]]> By: Shai Berger http://mikepultz.com/2009/02/white-spaces-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Shai Berger Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:17:41 +0000 http://mikepultz.com/?p=162#comment-11 Regarding the switch from analog tv to digital... Upside: White space frequencies can be reused for efficient wireless internet Downside: We can no longer watch the residual background radiation from the big bang by looking at the static between channels. It's a toss-up. :-) Regarding the switch from analog tv to digital…

Upside: White space frequencies can be reused for efficient wireless internet

Downside: We can no longer watch the residual background radiation from the big bang by looking at the static between channels.

It’s a toss-up.

:-)

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