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WiMAX 1 Ghz spectrum is a US birthright

The article fails to mention that most of the infrastructure for WiMax in the < 1Ghz spectrum is already in place in the USA. This is the spectrum used for the public wireless broadband TV and it was set aside for the purpose of educating US residents and for their welfare. Most residents turn on their TVs to get news when there is a natural or unnatural disaster and watch commentary prior to voting. When this spectrum was set aside it was recognized that citizens also needed a way to contact government and hence AT&T was given a monopoly to implement universal phone access and was allowed to charge tax payers to pay for fast implementation. Today we know that universal access can be given through the < 1 ghz spectrum.

My point is that US tax payers paid for broadband wireless infrastructure and terrestrial phone infrastructure and there is no rational reason to pay more. The white space between TV channels and the unused channels and the channels being freed owing to HiDefTv represent a dot commons. WiMax is the standard that taps into that < 1Ghx spectrum. Every place in the USA that has rabbit ear access to broadband TV has broadband wireless internet and has already paid for it. The access is free. We expect only to pay for the headset and antenna's and any special services like space on a server for a web page. This price expectation has to be dealt with.

Frank L. Mighetto
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