Microsoft said prototype Internet device was broken when FCC tested and failed it
| August 14, 2007 |  View for printing |
Microsoft Corp. on Monday gave a simple reason why its prototype for beaming high-speed Internet service over unused television airways failed a government test: the device was broken.
The Federal Communications Commission said on July 31 that the device did not reliably detect unoccupied spectrum and could interfere with other TV programming and wireless microphone signals.
On Monday, Microsoft sent the agency a letter explaining that a subsequent test determined the equipment was defective.
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