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rec9140
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reply to RideRed
Re: FCC??

said by RideRed See Profile :
Of course they would.

And just how would they exist????

The radio spectrum is a finite resource (in terms of easily useable frequencies for a given task) and needs to be licensed in a systematic process or problems will arise.

No governmnet aka FCC, no sat radio, no FM, no AM, no OTA TV, no DBS, no C/Ku band sat, and on....

Let the marketplace divy up the spectrum.... Oh that would work well, NOT! The FCC's failure to properly enfocre its own regulations and an industry bully have been polluting the 800MHz band for years and only now being cleaned up via the Rebanding process. Government oversight, regulation and licensing for all things radio is needed now and will be needed even more in the future. If only people with real brain power inhabited the FCC, but thats......


RideRed
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That's like saying cars wouldn't exist without traffic lights.

laudensa

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Reston, VA
reply to rec9140
You're confusing spectrum management with improper interference with commerce. While the FCC has a legitimate role in spectrum management issues, it should keep its nose out of the business side of this merger.


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