White Space… the Wifi Frontier

This could be an interesting development (passed along through a colleague in the office), should it ever come to pass. The use of the unused digital spectrum to transmit data to personal devices could be a great way for the US to move forward on Obama’s idea of getting the entire country online ASAP. This could also spell the end of LTE and WiMax, which depending on how you look at things is going to be good or bad – but my money is on some cellular system or protocol being included in these White Space ideas to ensure that people don’t all have to upgrade their phones at the same time. Speaking of phones, this might be the end of the POTS landline as well…