Spectrum Wars: The Hidden Battle

PacketMaster writes: "The USA Today is carrying an interesting commentary entitled All-but-secret battle rages over fate of airwaves. The article sheds light on some topics that many people are completely ignorant on - the fight over the broadcast spectrum. The most interesting tidbit is that the current broadcasters, who were given the new digital spectrum for applications like HDTV for free, now want to keep their old ones too and auction them off for industry profit to help pay for the transition to the new spectrum."

Comments

Shocked and Appalled

[boinger]

My government is doing something that impedes progress in a given field? I don't believe it. They certainly haven't done anything to impede the progress of prescription drugs, cellular phones or HDTV. And never to the detriment of other countries.
</sarcasm>

When has the US been the fore-runners of technology that didn't involve killing people somewhere else?