[opendtv] Microsoft: FCC tested broken white spaces device, neglected backup unit

Hello, 

I'm not sure that you haven't already heard this: 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070814-microsoft-fcc-used-broken-white-spaces-device-for-test-neglected-backup-unit.html

"Microsoft engineers tested this backup device in the presence of FCC 
engineers 
and found that it performed just as well as the unit they had back at 
Microsoft." 

"And in the FCC's original tests, the Philips-supplied Protoype B also 
worked 
quite well at detecting digital television signals. Taken together, these 
two 
results seem to indicate that the white spaces technology works much 
better than 
the FCC report led people to believe."

"The powerful National Association of Broadcasters has never been pleased 
with 
the idea of using unused TV channels to stream IP data through the air, 
and 
Microsoft's response has yet to convince them."

"Still, assuming that Microsoft's description of what transpired is 
accurate, 
there's reason to hope that the technology can become viable after all. 
Remember that these are still extremely early days for the prototype 
devices; 
the Philips unit wasn't even set up to transmit, only to receive. If the 
devices can in fact reliably detect DTV signals already, the future of 
white 
spaces technology looks a bit less bleak than it did two weeks back."

Greetings, 
-- Jeroen

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