Broadcasters fight hard against public use of the blank spectrum, popularly know as “white spaces”. It could be made useful, and it’s the public’s, so what gives? Tech companies and Digital Rights organizations have been fighting hard to make the blank spectrum available for broadband use. Me, believing that Television’s days are numbered, see no reason not to adopt the future right now and make those white spaces available to everyone. Info wants to travel where it can travel, every where.
You can read more about it on BoingBoing here. And go even more in depth with Ars here.
