LXer: Time to school the FCC on what "free" really means

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07-05-2008, 02:50 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 132,374 Rep:	LXer: Time to school the FCC on what "free" really means Published at LXer: It's time to get ornery again with the FCC. Fortunately, they're asking for it, by soliciting comment on this FCC rulemaking proposal for "Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz and 2175-2180 MHz Bands. It's a chocolate-covered spider. The chocolate is cost. The rulemaking proposes making Internet access over that spectrum "free" — in the free-as-in-beer sense. Not the free-as-in-freedom sense. Especially not in the free-as-in-speech sense. And least of all in the free-as-in-markets sense. Read More...

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