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An anonymous reader writes "The Republican version of the spectrum bill poses a threat to unlicensed wireless, which is where technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth operate. Your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies are safe, but the future of the proposed White Spaces broadband also known as Super Wi-Fi, and new unlicensed spectrum is in doubt under the draft bill. And hiding in those unlicensed airwaves could be the next Wi-Fi."
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  • Short term gain, and really killing the future.

    Imagine a device in you pocket, it does a lot of communicating, but it does it smartly.

    A short distance communication, within the room, it will do point to point analog. No cells involved.

    A medium distance communication, in the neighborhood or building, it may use a pico/nano cell.

    A long distance communication, it will use a cell as needed.

    It can receive broadcast (AM/FM/TV) without any special extra hardware.

    It can do only digital communications, a

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