November 13, 2008

My 'Holy crap my life will be changed by this' moment of the week

Thanks to The Economist for informing me about how WiFi will be improved in the near future. The use of White Space frequencies between television channels may lead to "[...] unlimited access to WiFi hotspots that stretched for miles instead of a few hundred feet, provided unbroken connections even deep inside buildings, and offered broadband speeds ten times faster than today’s wimpy connections [...]"

I highly recommend you read through the end of the article because the last few paragraphs highlight Google's manipulation of the FCC to Google's own advantage. Yet another step toward Leviathan Google running the country using Internet polls, search trends (as mentioned by Carly in her post about tracking the flu), and wireless phone usage.

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