According to Reuters, the National Broadband Plan is set to be unveiled by the Federal Communications Commission on March 16.

Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, stated that it targets to connect 100 million Americans to 100 Mbps Internet within a span of 10 years and wishes the television stations to give up unused spectrum to help in growing market for wireless services.

Genachowski says that even the biggest television markets use half the spectrum that is presently allocated to corresponding stations. The FCC expects these stations to give up their unused spectrums willingly, which would then be put up for bid in an auction-type format by the FCC.

But it seems that this deal does not appeal much to the television stations.

Selling their available wireless spectrums would suppress the capability of broadcasters to develop mobile services of their own. It would surrender their chance for mobile development if they handover the spectrum access to mobile carriers.

Recently, the television stations had given a portion of spectrum to the recent transition to digital TV. The National Association of Broadcasters argues that any more spectrum transfers could hurt their capacity to deliver over-the-air broadcasts to customers.

According to Ebystrom, "This will result in government takeover of the industry. It won't happen overnight, but incrementally. They already have the name for it: National Broadband, like National Health Care. They'll build infrastructure, increase access, give free access to "the underprivileged", and work with the big providers to squeeze out competition (corporate fascism)".