Some of the best news to hit the Internet pertains to the FCC’s goal of allowing/providing free WiFi access to the Internet.

The major cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner, Qwest, and many others stand to lose a lot of money in the establishment of providing free Internet service for everyone. But these companies have lobbyists in the government that are fighting for them to retain the ability to charge the crap out of John Q. Public for what they consider high-speed Internet service.

If the FCC succeeds in their goal to provide free WiFi access to Internet it would spur a huge spin off and Internet devices, connectivity, interlinking between devices and probably development of thousands of jobs. The possibility of providing free Internet service to everyone who wants it is an awesome concept, but the complexity of devising a platform in which a multitude of devices can communicate is simply mind-boggling.

For instance, imagine driving home in your car, you tell the car to open the garage door, turn on the lights outside and turn on the lights in the living room. That information is then sent through the free WiFi Internet service to your house, your house translates the information and is activated. Were you simply ask you car to retrieve the e-mail from your default you no account and had it read to you. This is just the simplest of ideas, not nearly the beginning, but a basis for explaining the usage of such a service.

All kinds of devices utilizing the Internet to communicate and provide for the public.

Major Internet service providers are going to fight really hard to prevent this type of proliferation of service. If the FCC provides even the basic Internet service to the general public, it’s still going to be better than dial up service. Devices will be generated in mass quantities, technology will grow in leaps and bounds; there’s no telling what will happen if this infrastructure is put in place, but one thing is true the result will be amazing.

This article shows that the FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin is pushing forward with a free wireless Internet service:

Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer groups.

At its December meeting, the FCC could also consider new rules designed to speed up consideration of disputes between independent cable programmers and cable providers such as Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp., which either refuse to carry some channels or put them on specialty tiers of service that cost subscribers more.

The agency also will ask for more feedback on its proposal to require programmers to sell their channels to cable operators individually instead of in bundles.

The free Internet plan is the most controversial issue the agency will tackle in December. Mr. Martin shelved plans to consider a wider variety of sticky issues pending at the agency, including a request by the Hollywood studios to hobble TVs and set-top boxes so studios can offer copy-protected theatrical releases sooner.

The proposal to allow a no-smut, free wireless Internet service is part of a proposal to auction off a chunk of airwaves. The winning bidder would be required to set aside a quarter of the airwaves for a free Internet service. The winner could establish a paid service that would have a fast wireless Internet connection. The free service could be slower and would be required to filter out pornography and other material not suitable for children. The FCC’s proposal mirrors a plan offered by M2Z Networks Inc., a start-up backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr.

Consumer advocates have objected to the FCC’s proposed pornography filter, while the wireless industry has objected to the entire free Internet plan. To address concerns about the filter, the FCC is proposing that adults could opt out and access all Internet sites.

T-Mobile USA, in particular, has raised concerns. The Deutsche Telekom AG unit paid about $4 billion a few years ago for nearby airwaves and has complained that the free wireless Internet plan will likely result in interference for consumers of its new 3G wireless network. The FCC dismissed the company’s interference concerns this fall, although T-Mobile disagreed with that finding.

I look forward to this becoming a reality and improving just about everything we do and everything we strive to do better. I think it’s going to take some time, but it will eventually make it.

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