Google is making sure that the future of the Internet is not swayed by lobbyists.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/theres-more-than-one-important-vote.html
This is pretty important, if you have the time please sign the petition.
The white spaces can:
- Pave the way for universal wireless broadband access;
- Extend broadband wireless to rural areas that currently aren’t connected at all;
- Enhance the reliability of public safety communications;
- Enable distance learning for students in remote locations or for whom traditional classroom-based learning is impractical; and,
- Bring high-speed mobile internet access to every high school and middle school in the country.