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FCC Wants to Open Bandwidth Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the opening-the-air-waves dept.

Trilliumjs wrote to us about a NYTimes article concering some of the latest moves from the FCC. The FCC wants to turn some of the unused airwaves into an open market so that companies can pick up bandwidth as needed.

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  1. you gotta be kidding by boarder · · Score: 5
    Look, the FCC may be "burdensome" and overbearing on some things, but they are by no means useless.

    There has to be restrictions on airwaves (with current technology) otherwise anybody could interfere with anybody. Think about it. You know all those FCC disclaimers on electronic equipment that says it can't interfere with other equipment and so on? That's there for a reason. If I could transmit anything I want on any channel, I couldn't be blamed if, say, I caused a commercial jet to crash. That also means that anybody could tap in on your cellular and cordless phone conversations (they already can very easily but this would make it more legal and even easier).

    You know all those satellites that pump information down from the heavens? Without logical, organized, and restrictions you could make any satellite completely useless just by the interference your satellite causes.

    The FCC may seem like a beurocratic waste of money, but there ARE real needs for them right now.

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