New US legislation would let unlicensed WLANs use empty TV channels

Two Ds and two Rs have introduced in the U.S. Senate a bill endorsed by Consumers Union called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 which "... aims to 'facilitate the development of wireless broadband Internet access by allocating certain areas within the broadcast spectrum known as white spaces that are otherwise unassigned or unused.' ..."  The spectrum includes television channels 2 through 51.  Link:  The Democratic Daily Blog via OpenSpectrum.info.