Tuesday, July 31, 2007
700 MHz Auction, the FCC votes today
Let's remember.
The FCC could have set aside a few MHz for unlicensed, Wi-Fi-like uses. This would have changed the world for approximately three hundred million U.S. residents.
!magine! We could have free wireless Internet access everywhere one used to be able to get broadcast TV.
Instead we're getting an auction, as if this once-in-a-lifetime event were a house its owner couldn't keep up the payments on, or a head of cattle, or some used couch gathering dust in a barn.
The FCC could have set aside a few MHz for unlicensed, Wi-Fi-like uses. This would have changed the world for approximately three hundred million U.S. residents.
!magine! We could have free wireless Internet access everywhere one used to be able to get broadcast TV.
Instead we're getting an auction, as if this once-in-a-lifetime event were a house its owner couldn't keep up the payments on, or a head of cattle, or some used couch gathering dust in a barn.
Comments:
A fascinating case where economics is broken -- the economic best interest of the country as a whole is ignored so that of a very small segment of the economy can be optimized.
David...the FCC could still come through and open up the broadcast "white space" for unlicensed use, which it's considering in another pending proceeding.
This spectrum includes 100-200 MHz or more, depending on the market, and its located in the VHF and UHF bands below the 700 MHz spectrum to be auctioned.
I'd like to see more grassroots pressure to push the FCC to open this spectrum up for unlicensed use, especially now that they've split the baby in half on the 700 MHz auction rules.
What's your view of the white space and its potential value?
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This spectrum includes 100-200 MHz or more, depending on the market, and its located in the VHF and UHF bands below the 700 MHz spectrum to be auctioned.
I'd like to see more grassroots pressure to push the FCC to open this spectrum up for unlicensed use, especially now that they've split the baby in half on the 700 MHz auction rules.
What's your view of the white space and its potential value?
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