The bands are in fact "White Spaces" between consecutive existing TV channels' radio bands. The spaces collectively are much larger than the famous 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed bands. That is, if this new space was used as packet communication media, the capacity of bits transported would be much larger than today's Wi-Fi, and the coverage area would be city or campus wide, just like those of existing TV radios.
That's why many people call it "Wi-Fi on steriods": as if current Wi-Fi expanded with so much more capacity as if being dosed with steroids. Some people also call it as "Super Wi-Fi".
Although not all are happy about this result and mature new technologies are still to be developed, the future could be far beyond today's imagination!
It is just like when 25 years ago (1985) FCC released unlicensed band, nobody at that time could imagine we would have affordable Wireless LAN everywhere around the globe decades later!
The new space could be used as wireless Internet broadband access, or Smart Grid wireless network for power industry in the near future. And surely there would be more and more applications coming!
FCC's action would also profoundly affect the regulations in other countries. The effect would become global soon!
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- FCC Approves "Wi-Fi On Steroids" | Fast Company
- FCC heralds a new era of 'super Wi-Fi' - CNN.com
- Google Public Policy Blog: FCC vote on white spaces lays promising foundation for “Wi-Fi on steroids”
- Google Public Policy Blog: Larry Page talks about Google's vision of "wi-fi on steroids": "Larry Page talks about Google's vision of 'wi-fi on steroids'"
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