Metromedia Broadcasting Petitions White House for a Leap in Wireless Technology

Online, February 11, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Ethernet (1973) is the basis of today's data networks and while it has come a long way, there are still over 4 billion people on the planet that do not have regular access to broadband...the Digital Divide. The root cause is that Ethernet does not work without routers, which use 50% of network just to manage the network (and the public pays for twice as much as is used). Until a fundamental shift is made, the big problems going forward will be the same problems that have always been: constant hardware upgrades, security flaws, and a path of incremental improvement that will never allow the vast majority of media consumption to move away from the set top box.

Metromedia Broadcasting (formerly Ether2) has the solution that would let 4G and WiFi links operate between devices without cell sites or routers. The result is networks created by users. These secure public mesh networks for data/voice/media services can be enabled with a small communication's chip modification that will limit the nation's carrier dependence, close the Divide, and stop foreign censors from using a "kill switch" on the Net.

Co-Founder and petition author, Jonathan Gael, hopes that the "public will see the benefit of going back to the old TV model where the content was just in the air and did not come with a monthly connectivity bill." Therefore, MetromediaPetition.com will automatically forward signers to the government's We The People web site, where they will need to furnish their name, zip code and email address. And because this is a secure process, We The People will send signers a verification email that will contain the link allowing them to add their initials to the list (full names are not shown publicly).