Amidst all the recent net neutrality brouhaha, Silicon Valley pulled out a little-noticed victory at Thursdays FCC hearings that could lead to better Wi-Fi service in more places. While the media were focused on the commissions vote to propose new rules that could result in Internet fast lanes for certain content, the FCC voted 3-2 to set aside three channels of television airwaves for unlicensed use, which Google, Microsoft and the like could potentially use to beam the Internet to consumers in new ways. How does somebody get a license for airwaves? Is that like getting a license for a
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