March 12th, 2011 | 
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Matthew R. Rantanen, Director of Technology for the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, discusses what Internet access has meant to local Native American tribes, and how opening up TV signal “white spaces” could greatly expand those benefits.
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dude, Pechanga is one of the richest tribes in hte nation. 20k a month just for having indian blood.
Google basically lost the FCC airwave auction and wants other airwaves for free. The free the airwaves movement basically wants to control of the airwaves that are presently used for radio microphones. Most people may not realize the importance of this spectrum, but enjoy the benefits of it every day. Motion pictures, TV, concerts, broadway type shows & church services use radio microphones. Without the benefit of these microphones the sound quality of these could go down the tubes.
For years the music industry has used this band for wireless microphones,and has co-existed with the television industry. now big money wants to cripple the music industry taking up all of this freq. spectrum for the use of wifi, with absolutely no mention to us it will render all the equip in our industry useless, funny how they forgot to mention that, think about that the next time you see a concert, broadway show, symphony performance, or even a newscaster that is wearing a wirless lapel mic.
Can the U.S. Government really control air waves over tribal lands? Screw the FCC — use whatever radio spectrum you please. Show them who really respects the land and the people. That sure isn’t the FCC, nor the current Whitehouse. Free the “white”space!
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Good idea.