Open Spectrum: Free the Airwaves

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday November 30, 2001 @07:45AM from the free-as-a-bird dept.

akb writes: "Most of the RF spectrum in use is licensed for exclusive use. What do we get? Inefficient use through spectrum hoarding, political finagling to abuse the regulatory system to gain competitive advantage and access to the airwaves for only a few players. A good article over at CNET picks up on the example of 802.11b in using spread spectrum technology and unlicensed bands and proposes that model be applied to the rest of the spectrum. For the hardcore check out NYU law professor Yochai Benkler's writings, particularly this article (pdf) and Durga Satapathy's papers for the tech end of things."

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I made a machine that used gamma waves by Typingsux · 2001-11-30 07:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And I used to message my friend 2 1/2 miles away.
Unfortunately, there was a big problem.
People started to turn green in the 50 houses inbetween.
I was lucky to find out before the authorities did, and dismantled it.

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