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NOCMan
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Re: don't understand the logic

I find it hard to believe that any company would do this for free unless they did heavy ad insertion, collection of stats, and other unsavory things to make money.

Now if the government wanted to take that band and make it a public safety wireless network I'd be for that. You could use QOS to guarantee access to the network despite congestion and still be able to provide a service to communities.
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patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
said by NOCMan See Profile :

I find it hard to believe that any company would do this for free unless they did heavy ad insertion, collection of stats, and other unsavory things to make money.
Exactly. What kind of business model is this? I bet there will be mandatory surveys and mandatory signups for various crap, or "free" service will be referral based (Pyramid Scheme). Think AllAdvantage, but 10 times worse.
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