The filing requests the ability to experiment with high-frequency airwaves.

You Still Need to Wait Five Years

Internet providers Verizon and AT&T are already looking into the process of improving wireless service, but any implementation is still at least five years away, according to the Washington Post report on the subject. They also explain the hoped-for outcome of the so-called wireless fiber:

Google Fiber Is Tougher Than Hoped

The news comes after Google’s current plans for wired internet ran into trouble. The Google Fiber service is expensive and slow, even if it comes with far better internet speeds for the cities that it is able to be installed within. 30 times faster speeds, to be precise. Alphabet has recently suspended Fiber projects in San Jose and Portland, Oregon, the Wall Street Journal reports, adding: Other Fiber projects for wired internet will still continue alongside their exploration of the wireless fiber process.