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Tom
It?s been rumored for ages now, but what was more or less blind hope is beginning to sound a bit more like reality if this story from the Wall Street Journal holds any weight. Apparently, Google is already building a wireless network ? yes, you heard right. But get this, during its experimental phase (Google is always experimenting with something), the wireless network will only be used by employees at the Mountain View Googleplex within a 2 mile radius. D?awwwwww! (Kicks rock).
The gist of the story goes that FCC filings were discovered showing Google?s plans to use 50 base stations along with 200 user devices during this experimental period. According to the report, Google these base stations will be using frequencies currently in possession by the soon-to-be-Dish-owned Clearwire.�Here?s the kicker: Google?s lawyers took the time to redact only specific portions of the FCC filing citing,
?The information for which confidential treatment is sought concerns the highly competitive�consumer electronics�market.?
Sweet, Mother Theresa. You may remember from an earlier report, Google was actually involved in meetings with Dish on the possibility of working together on a wireless network. Sounds a bit like an Android fanboy?s wildest dreams come true, eh?
[The Wall Street Journal | Steven Crowley | FCC 1, FCC 2, FCC 3 | via The Verge]
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