The Industry Standard - FCC greenlights Google white space plan - Comments

FCC approved white space

David Kuan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:02:30 -0800

FCC approved white space plan ... more than a month later than judgment date.

@abner, Yes, only if the

Josh Dilworth — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:37:00 -0700

@abner, Yes, only if the extension included whitespace intentions, which did not happen (yet)

@david No announcement was made today (so far) and so we're looking at an unfavorable judgement; just as you suggested above, "unfavorable judgement will be made if there are no announcements made by end of September 15."

It seems too like this is what the community thought (at 4% currently).

Apologies for the delay, all! We should have been more clear in associating the announcement date directly with the close date. We wrote this one waaaay back when we were just getting started. Thanks for bearing with us.

FCC will report on results

Bradley Baker — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:51:22 -0700

FCC will report on results of trial in September, then vote. Rules on using the spectrum would be available by end-of-year if the FCC goes that way.

There's no way this comes to pass by mid-September, unless the definition of "officially announce a plan" is stretched out of recognition AND the FCC moves very quickly.

Matter wont be resolved at

David Kuan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:41:40 -0700

Matter wont be resolved at conclusion of field testing which are yet inconclusive

@TIS, still awaiting

David Kuan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:16:31 -0700

@TIS, still awaiting confirmation on judgement date on this one.

@TIS, we need clarfication

David Kuan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:46:32 -0700

@TIS, we need clarfication on judgement date for this prediction.

@TIS - So if I read this

Abner Germanow — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:31:51 -0700

@TIS - So if I read this correctly, the FCC will make some statement by Sept 15 on the plans for whitespace opened up by transitioning to digital TV. I'm assuming an extension of the current dual analog/digital TV would not count unless accompanied by statements of future whitespace intentions.

@TIS, will unfavorable

David Kuan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:53:40 -0700

@TIS, will unfavorable judgement be made if there are no announcements made by end of September 15? Or will the judgement be made only upon an announcement by FCC (approve/disapprove the white space plan request)?

Larry Page met with members

Bradley Baker — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:18:35 -0700

Larry Page met with members fo Congress and the FCC today to lobby for Google's whitespace plan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121148523200515073.html?mod=googlenews_w...

FCC greenlights Google white space plan

The Standard — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:23:57 -0700

Judgment: This did not occur in the allotted timeframe. Judged at 0% -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction: CNET has the latest on Google's newest spectrum proposal, whereby the Federal Communications Commission would free up unused broadcast TV channels known as "white spaces" for unlicensed use by personal devices:

"In a renewed effort to get the FCC on board with the idea, Google filed a six-page letter late on Friday that attempts to erase lingering concerns from TV broadcasters and microphone manufacturers about harmful interference caused by the entry of new devices"

While it is speculated that actual consumer access to white space spectrum wouldn't occur until November or December of 2009, the FCC may sign off on the idea as soon as a few months from now, pending a resolution to the interference challanges that MSFT, Dell and others have been working on, alongside Google.

This 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, which we understand is an inherently vague one. If you feel as though there is a need for clarification, please voice those concerns in the comments and we will revise as appropriate.