New America Argues for 5.9 GHz for Wi-Fi
Act on an order allowing Wi-Fi use of the 5.9 GHz band, Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at New America, told aides to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. “By employing a firmware upgrade to…
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existing equipment, this additional 45 megahertz can very quickly create the first and only gigabit-fast Wi-Fi channel at standard power that is unimpeded by the cost, complexity and delay of control by a geolocation database,” Calabrese said in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 19-138: “The ability to rapidly upgrade existing Wi-Fi routers to help families struggling to work, learn and stay connected to loved ones at home is even more critical for the duration of the pandemic.” The FCC votes Nov. 18 (see 2010280064).