700 mega-hertz, open applications, &open source?

700 mega-hertz, open applications, &open source? okay, so everyone should have read or heard by now that the fcc has set out the rules for their upcoming auction of the UHF portion of the 700 mega-hertz spectrum that will be freed up when we(america) switches over to digital broadcasting. wtf? what does that have to do web2.0 let alone open source? well Google had set out several points that they would pay the fcc for if they would require this upcoming auction to require several things. the one i'm excited about, and thus writing about, is their requirement that any device and any application be allowed to access the network. this could open all kinds of options for open source developers. for example the open moko or even laptop/pc devices that could access the network. not to mention the options for open source software developers. with this being basically a new network there could be new protocols, new standards, and of course just new web apps. there are so few details yet, not to mention that the fcc didn't leave the spectrum open to any company. so right now things are heavily up in the air, lol, no pun intended. but i'm excited about the possibilities... lets just hope that it lives up to its possibilities though i have my doubts; i'm dreaming off an open network with some wonderful new coding chances &challenges.

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