The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to free up enough unlicensed radio spectrum to blanket much of the United States with free, highspeed, long-range WiFi networks, according to a report from the Washington Post published on Sunday evening. The FCC proposal is still years away from reality, but already major tech and telecom companies are taking sides — with Google, Microsoft and other Web-based companies supporting the plan, and wireless carriers, Oracle and Intel lobbying against it, The Post reported. Intel said it would rather see spectrum used to bolster existing, paid cellular networks.
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