The New York Times agrees with me: The Times unsigned editorial says that the FCC's failure to adopt a resale requirement for the 700 MHz nationwide unencumbered commercial licenses (22 MHz of prime territory) wasa big failure: "American consumers have once again been denied a truly open and competitive cellular market."
SF Bay Guardian editorial says buh-bye to EarthLink: The local weekly writes in an unsigned editorial that there's no likelihood of EarthLink agreeing to SF's terms, and no chance that SF would "[fork] over millions of dollars a year to guarantee EarthLink some baseline revenue." The Guardian says good riddance, which has been their attitude all along, as they'd prefer a comprehensive fiber-optic plan.
White space device fails FCC trial: Google, Microsoft, and other firms submitted a device to the FCC for testing that would allow low-level signal use of "white space," or unused broadcast spectrum which varies depending on the TV market. Unfortunately, the FCC found that the prototypes didn't detect TV signals accurately enough to prevent transmissions when broadcasts were present. The FCC didn't close the door, noting that the prototypes were "initial efforts," according to IDG News Service.
Clearwire increases customers, revenues, losses: The wireless firm has 299,000 customers, up 41,000 in the last quarter; $35.5m in revenue, a jump of 32.4 percent year over year; and a loss of $118m. Their head notes that in established markets, 14 of 25 areas served are cash-flow positive. They also have over 10 percent of households subscribed in those markets. Clearwire said it will start testing 2 Mbps down with 4 Mbps burst for $45 per month for residential users; and will test a PC Card with a $60 per month subscription.