<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"/> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Not until at least 2011, when Canada is slated to switch broadcast television from an analogue signal to digital.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Google has been a major driver for opening the "white space" spectrum. I've been following the discussion here:</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/White%20Spaces</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">but that doesn't mean I understand it.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">--Bob.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 7 Nov 2008 at 11:13, Stuart Read wrote:</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>I think an even more pressing (although less exciting) question is</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>which decade will the CRTC get around to regulating this...</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>-Stuart</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">=====</span></font></div> <div align="left" style="margin-left:27mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-27mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:28:52 -0800 (PST)</span></font></div> <div align="left" style="margin-left:27mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-27mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"> From: Victor Mendonça <</span></font><font face="Lucida Console" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><u>victorbrca@yahoo.ca</u></span></font><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left" style="margin-left:27mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-27mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><b> Subject: White Space Spectrum</b></span></font></div> <div align="left" style="margin-left:27mm; margin-right:0mm; text-indent:-27mm; margin-top:0.00mm; margin-bottom:0.00mm;"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <</span></font><font face="Lucida Console" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><u>ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</u></span></font><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>I just found out that FCC has approved the usage of TV "white space"</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>spectrum to unlicensed devices. (call me slow) . Is anyone following this?</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>As soon as I finished reading the article I already had about a million</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>questions in my head.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>Here's 4 of them if someone knows the answer!! ;-p</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>- What kind of devices will be used?</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>- Will this be for home usage only?</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>- Is there a possibility that this might be used at some point for free</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>Internet access? (http://wirelesstoronto.ca/) - What transfer speed it the</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>spectrum rated?</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>Links:</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>http://freetheairwaves.com/</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>http://www.wirelessinnovationalliance.org/</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>Cheers,</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>Victor Mendonça</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>IT Worker - Linux enthusiast</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>http://wazem.org/</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Lucida Console" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">-- -- -- --</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> http://www.sobac.com/index.htm</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">SOBAC Microcomputer Services Voice: +1-519-669-0388</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">6 James Street, Elmira ON Canada N3B 1L5 Fax: +1-603-308-6118</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Networking -- Office & Business Automation -- Consulting</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">PGP:0xAE33E989 Fingrprnt:9FAF A6AC B567 BC10 8973 7CF0 CB27 0317</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><br /> </span></font></div> <div align="left"> </div> </body> </html>