About Wi-Fi 2.0 and "TV White Spaces"
Monday March 24, 2008
| Commentary | Wi-Fi 2.0 is a concept for implementing wireless broadband networks using very different radio frequencies than those used by Wi-Fi today. Specifically, Wi-Fi 2.0 would utilize bandwidth within the range of traditional broadcast television stations and some other consumer devices.
Wi-Fi 2.0 has been in the news again this week as Google recently updated its TV white spaces pitch to the U.S. government. The promise of Wi-Fi 2.0 is clear - network speeds on the order of Gbps instead of Mbps, reaching to everyone in urban and rural areas alike. Its prospects for becoming a reality, however. remain highly uncertain.
→ See also - Can TV Channels Be Used for High Speed Internet Service?
Wi-Fi 2.0 has been in the news again this week as Google recently updated its TV white spaces pitch to the U.S. government. The promise of Wi-Fi 2.0 is clear - network speeds on the order of Gbps instead of Mbps, reaching to everyone in urban and rural areas alike. Its prospects for becoming a reality, however. remain highly uncertain.
→ See also - Can TV Channels Be Used for High Speed Internet Service?
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