We’ve written about White Spaces on numerous occasions. The FCC gave its thumbs up in 2008. We wrote about test networks in 2010, and by December 2011 the FCC had approved the first White Spaces broadband device.

via No, free Wi-Fi isn’t coming to every US city | Ars Technica.

LOL.  I read the free Wifi story in the Chicago Tribune and even on slashdot.