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join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | RE: FCC Worries That iPad Will Clog the Internet Sounds like the FCC is using the iPad launch to push their agenda to strip the broadcast networks of spectrum that they control. The broadcaster association is fighting this tooth and nail and this appears to be a PR/Lobbying effort by the FCC to fight back.
»blog.broadband.gov/blog/index.js···d=138385
Wireless providers today, too, will be able to deal with congestion issues but only if they have adequate spectrum. Reaching an always-on wireless broadband future means that spectrum can no longer remain attached solely to uses deemed valuable decades ago. I suspect that this will only be settled in Congress where the competing interests will bid big dollars for the most influential congresscritters. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
1 edit | said by fAcEtIOUs:I suspect that this will only be settled in Congress where the competing interests will bid big dollars for the most influential congresscritters. Unfortunately the members of the NAB are facing very tough times while at least two large members of CTIA -The Wireless Association are making huge profits. The one group has provided local broadcast news to the public for decades while the other just wants to make obscene profits so guess which one will use the public airwaves in the way that is most valuable to the public. It also doesn't take a genius to figure out that part of the reason they want all that UHF TV spectrum is to prevent ATSC M/H and TV Band Devices (both potential competitors in areas of interest and "disruptive technologies" to CTIA members) from ever becoming successful. |
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 exocet_cmYou delete it, I'll find itPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | DO NOT FLUSH THE IPAD! It will clog the tubes. |
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What do people think will happen when people buy the iTampon monthly? |
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Yet another user name change, TK? |
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