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Print: $15.50 Download: $3.00 When Paul and Ethan Liberty decide that they want to reach millions of new customers with a high speed wireless network, they find that even billions of dollars can't help them reach their goal. If that weren't enough, things gets worse the more determined they get to succeed! An adventure begins shortly after they break off a deal with a shady lobbyist they might not survive. Bombings, sniper attacks, corporate espionage and more are in store for Paul and Ethan, the owners of Search Me, an internet advertising company. Their lives become a free market free-for-all as traditional public safety and normal ways of doing business evaporate in the battle against corrupt government bureaucrats & businessmen to create the world's first mobile broadband internet network. Spectrum of Greed is an action packed internet age adventure with high stakes, high humor and high drama.
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Spectrum of Greed Blog
2008 Jul 25 Today the Washington post reported another attempt to find a way around the FCC, our corrupt federal wireless watchdog, whose main responsibility it seems is to continue to thwart the best intentions of making forward progress in mobile internet. Members and supporters of the white space coalition are once again trying to help the dense defenders of the status quo see that the internet on wireless would be a wonderful thing. Motorola, Philips, a startup named Adaptrum and others are developing sophisticated new technology that senses frequency use and dynamically coordinates use of available frequencies to avoid interference. These companies and others are trying to leverage the unused bandwidth that exists between existing licensed frequencies to provide internet access to the underserved, to rural areas, and to open the way to a whole new class of mobile internet access that doesn't require a pricey cell phone subscription as a base entry fee. I am very grateful to the ever optimistic efforts of HP, Dell, Google, Microsoft and others who have combined in this effort to remove a roadblock that stymies all of them as well as the American public. With all these groups that are suffering, this regulatory blockade must be helping someone. Right? To read more, click here or on the link above. 2008 Apr 05 There are tons of articles covering the exciting development of Google now pursuing the white space frequencies that are available for adaptive re-use. There is even a wager on it at The Standard. The bet will be open until September 9th of 2008, since the air waves in question won't be available until the all-digital television legislation is in full force in early 2009. The bet is a prediction that the FCC will officially announce a plan to utilize whitespace for non-broadcast TV purposes, including but not limited to mobile handsets. There are no other conditions on this prediction. As the Googlers say, "Do you feel lucky?" Place your bets. 2008 Feb 14 US Representative Edward Markey is my hero of the day. Not of the month, not year, just day - well, maybe week. While Representative Markey is a senior US lawmaker, and this is an important first step, it is after all only the first in a series of steps necessary to give this legislation legs. All along the torturous path toward acceptance there are numerous opportunities coming up for those that are willing to, shall we say, accept gratuities in exchange for their influence to torpedo this legislative effort before it ever becomes law. This new Net Neutrality legislation would actually require the FCC to (gasp) actually ask US citizens how they would like their internet managed and regulated before making any deals or administering policy on use of the internet. And while smoke screens about regulation are sure to go up quickly on this from opposing sides, Markey was quoted as stating, "The bill contains no requirements for regulations on the Internet whatsoever." There are some great articles on it that go into some detail from Reuters and from Google's policy blog. Sounds good to me. Now if I could just get an iPhone on any network I wanted...
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