Google wants to use the white space

Google seems to be advocating a lot of things recently, with the latest being their “Free The Airwaves” campaign. Free The Airwaves is about asking the FCC to free allow anyone to use unused airwaves that currently carry analog TV signals. About 3/4 of these waves are currently unused, and Google wants to leverage these waves for the good of everyone. Its idea is to use it for cheap and easy wireless internet access, of course.

FCC engineers will be testing the airwaves that could carry Wi-Fi, with the ban on using the “white space” airwaves possibly coming by the end of the year. This would be great news for just about everyone. There are still places in the United States that don’t have access to broadband (shocking to realize sometimes, I know), and these waves should already be there anyway. It should just be a matter of buying a device that can connect to the airwaves.