FreedomWorks Foundation Urges FCC to Move Forward on Blank Channel Proposal

FreedomWorks Foundation urged the FCC to act on a pending NPRM to reserve at least one blank TV channel in every market for white spaces devices and wireless mics after the incentive auction and repacking. The NPRM was released a year ago under former Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1506160043) with dissents by current Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. “White space provides wireless Internet connection to anything with connection capability,” the foundation said in a filing in docket 15-146. “Most importantly, white space coverage is nearly universal, blanketing a much larger area than broadband.”