Patent ID: 7899464

Claim:
A method for providing wireless information transportation, the method comprising: using a cable modem to receive information; using an unlicensed radio frequency to transmit the information from a first point to a second point, the unlicensed radio frequency comprising a frequency for which a government having sovereignty over an area in which the unlicensed radio frequency is used does not require a license for the unlicensed radio frequency's use; determining that the unlicensed radio frequency no longer provides a sufficient service level between the first point and the second point; purchasing from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States Federal government, in response to determining that the unlicensed radio frequency no longer provides the sufficient service level, a license to operate in a licensed radio frequency when it is determined that the unlicensed radio frequency no longer provides the sufficient service level wherein purchasing the license to operate in the licensed radio frequency comprises purchasing the license that limits the use of the licensed radio frequency to a point-to-point configuration, the point-to-point configuration being defined in the license based upon a location of the first point and a location of the second point, the license limiting the use of the licensed radio frequency for communications between the location of the first point and the location of the second point; discontinuing using the unlicensed radio frequency to transmit information from the first point to the second point when it is determined that the unlicensed radio frequency no longer provides the sufficient service level between the first point and the second point; using the licensed radio frequency to transmit information from the first point to the second point in the point-to-point configuration when use of the unlicensed radio frequency is discontinued; and providing, to a user at the second point, a service guarantee for providing the wireless information transportation in response to purchasing the license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States Federal government.