Everyone declares victory in smutfree wireless broadband test

The leading advocate of a nationwide smutless, free broadband service held a press conference this morning to announce that recent tests conducted by the Federal Communications Commission prove that the proposed service creates "no technical barriers" in nearby bands. M2Z Networks says that the experiments, completed by the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) in the first week of this month, demonstrate that different wireless transmission technologies can peaceably coexist in the 2.1GHz band, contrary to the assertions of T-Mobile, the proposed service's biggest critic. "Providing protection down to the level T-Mobile is asking to protect, would mean that Bluetooth, WiFi, home and small business wireless cell sites, and even microwave ovens would cause interference," M2Z's press release asserts. Judging by M2Z's rhetoric, the battle between these two companies over how the Advance Wireless Services 3 (AWS-3) band (2155-2180MHz) will be contoured has become quite bitter. The company called T-Mobile's calls for testing "aggressive" and "unprecedented."