New America Wants Quick Action on 5.9 GHz Band
Act as early as possible to allocate part of the 5.9 GHz band for Wi-Fi, Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at New America, told an aide to FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. As the roughly 100 wireless ISPs…
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using that spectrum “to expand capacity for fixed wireless broadband in rural areas have demonstrated, because 5.9 GHz is immediately adjacent to the U-NII-3 band, its general availability can immediately enhance broadband connectivity at a time when Americans are struggling to work and learn from home,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 19-138. Some expected an October vote (see 2008200040).