FCC May Let Wi-Fi Go Between TV Signals

Despite the objections of TV broadcasters, the FCC on Thursday is expected to propose allowing unlicensed wireless services to use vacant airwaves between TV stations.

Under the plan, unlicensed wireless high-speed Internet services could use unused frequencies between channels 2 and 51 in each market, as long as they didn’t disrupt existing stations.

The proposal, expected to lead to a final ruling later this year, would pave the way for more robust and less expensive wireless Internet services by 2006.

Read more at USA Today.