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Unlimited Airwaves

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday May 22, 2002 @06:30AM from the what-to-do-with-the-airwaves dept.

Dan Gillmor has an article concerning the notion of scarcity of the airwaves, which has long been a testament of faith at the FCC. Recent advances in technology may render that testament false.

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Summary by PhysicsGenius · 2002-05-22 06:43 · Score: 0, Flamebait

He suggests that we can expand our bandwidth capabilities by shifting up down the spectrum a little farther. Well no duh, Sherlock, we all know that. But it's going to cut into radio astronomy on one end and cause cancer on the other. So maybe we should rethink that little proposal.
What a moron.