Google also wanted the fcc to open up these 700-megahertz networks to resellers and allow any Internet service to connect with them.

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Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.

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The telecommunications giant is off to a good start, launching a low-cost, Internet-based voice service called Connect 'N Save just last month.

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The IAPs connect internally to three Internet exchange points run by the state, and the IAPs also grant the regional Internet service providers (ISPs) access to backbone connections.

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