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1st 'Super Wi-Fi' Net Goes Live In North Carolina 60

Posted by samzenpus
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alphadogg writes "Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a 'Super Wi-Fi' network. Officials from New Hanover County, N.C., announced Thursday that they had become the first in the United States to deploy a mobile data network on so-called 'white spaces' spectrum that the FCC first authorized for unlicensed use in 2008."
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  • Re:WTF? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by artor3 (1344997) on Friday January 27, @02:00AM (#38836715)

    You didn't miss much. The article contains none of the information that would actually be interesting.

    What is the cost to residents? Is it going to be a public service like a utility, or is there a private company running it?
    How much bandwidth do they actually get? The 802.22 spec says 22 Mbps per channel, but what does that mean for users?
    Are they in a 40 mW area or in one of the spaces authorized for the full 100 mW? If the former, how long will the range actually be?

    This has the potential to be very good, and I'd really like to get some info on how it works out.

  • Makes it easy for police to put up new cameras. (Score:5, Interesting)

    by BenSnyder (253224) on Friday January 27, @02:11AM (#38836749) Homepage

    I live in Wilmington and here's a bit of a better article from the local newspaper, the Star News [starnewsonline.com].

    And for all the tin-foil hat types, you'll love this bit:

    "Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said the white space network enables the city's police department to install surveillance cameras at a fraction of the cost of installing one using cables and other wires necessary to reach a signal."

  • Re:Makes it easy for police to put up new cameras. (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27, @02:23AM (#38836771)

    "Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said the white space network enables the city's police department to install surveillance cameras at a fraction of the cost of installing one using cables and other wires necessary to reach a signal."
    And that's how we get this rolled out, nationwide: Shout "9/11" | "tough on crime" | "think of the children"!

  • Re:Makes it easy for police to put up new cameras. (Score:4, Interesting)

    by YoopDaDum (1998474) on Friday January 27, @05:44AM (#38837423)
    It will also make it easy to jam the surveillance cameras wireless connections to the head end. Grab your pop-corn and sit down to enjoy another round of the sword vs. the shield while providers make their system more robust to this. In the end the only certainty is that the cheap aspect won't last very long, and some people will make money from it.

  • Re:WTF? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by hairyfeet (841228) <[bassbeast1968] [at] [gmail.com]> on Friday January 27, @09:26AM (#38838469) Journal
    But how badly will it be filtered and monitored? because if NC is anything like the rest of the south the busybodies will make sure you can't even look up breast cancer because it has breast in it. that is one thing i'll give you coast dwellers, you don't see to have near the problem with busybodies as we do in the bible belt.

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