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Unlimited Airwaves

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. We need to do by line-bundle · · Score: 5, Funny
    "We need to do for spectrum," he said, "what the Internet did for the network."

    Screw it up??

  2. Why don't we just go to Subspace? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
    Subspace transmissions don't have any of the limitations of RF band. Infinite bandwidth, FTL transmission, and superior SN ratio. They are subject to antilepton interference, but that is rare at best.

    Hello? FCC...this really is a no-brainer.

  3. Re:Wishful thinking? by GigsVT · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not only that, but if everyone uses highly directional antennas for both transmission and reception, then pretty much the amount of bandwidth scales linearly with the number of users

    Why not take it a step futher, and enclose the signal in a sort of waveguide, with a central wire and a copper braid to protect from the signal leaking out? You could just run these "simul-axial waveguides" from transceiver to transceiver.

    Just think, in the future, we may be able to modulate light and send it down a similar enclosed waveguide, for miles at a time!

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