First Large Scale 3G Network

Pete (big-pete) writes: "DoCoMo has announced that they will launch the world's first 3G network on October 1st -- you can read their story from NTT and a spin on the story from The Register can be read at the Register." And of course, The U.S.' backward laws concerning allocation of frequency mean that this will be a /long/ time in coming.

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DMCA is a backward U.S. spectrum allocation law

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Searching Google for 2006 hdtv analog shows that the United States Federal Communications Commission will pull all licenses for analog television broadcast spectrum on January 1, 2006. The new system includes copy protection methods that may let networks specify that "you may not record any part of this program, not even brief fair use excerpts," "you may not watch this program on brand X of television," "your television will not be allowed to change channels for X seconds after the beginning of the commercial break", "you may not watch this program on televisions larger than X cm diagonal, as large TVs are assumed to be used in public performance settings," etc. It's up to you to decide whether this policy represents backward or forward thinking. If you don't like it, ask your congresscritters to repeal the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.