Revolutionary Ideas for Radio Regulation

gummint writes "Radio is becoming more important to the Internet (Wi-Fi, etc.) and to software (software defined radios, under the right conditions, could be very important). Unlike the Internet and software, there's no excuse for not recognizing right away huge public policy issues. To foster broader and more informed public discussion of radio regulation, I've posted a preliminary discussion paper on my website, galbithink.org. The abstract and outline are below. I hope that even persons without particular expertise in radio will take time to think about these issues and discuss them. Douglas Galbi, FCC Senior Economist."

Revolutionary Ideas for Radio Regulation

National and international broadband strategies should include radical changes in radio regulation. Radio technology is the key to rapid broadband development that reaches even geographically remote areas of the world. To get radical changes in radio regulation, a new world-wide conversation is needed around three questions.

• First, what is a good separation and balance of powers in radio regulation?
• Second, how should radio regulation be geographically configured?
• Third, how should radio regulation understand and respect personal freedom?

Most persons understand revolutionary ideas that answer these three questions. The challenge is to recognize this common knowledge and apply it to radio regulation.

Check out an outline of the contents.

Comments

Re:Just give me my Loveline.

[sheepab]

There was a stream of Loveline? When, where? What happend to it, I would LOVE to see a shoutcast stream of loveline!

Bletch!

[dacarr]

I'm not even bothering. Poor site design. It is interesting though that an FCC economist is doing a writeup on this though.

Wanna know what I think?

[sam_handelman]

My opinions are becoming more and more important to all of you. Unlike other people, there's no excuse for not listening to me. To foster broader and more informed public discourse on my opinions, I've been posting comments to slashdot with fair regularity. I hope that everyone in the slashdot community will take the time to become informed on the vital question of what I think.

One piece of advice for Doug - split this into three papers. No one wants to read "what Doug thinks - a comprehensive guide." Okay, I just read it, so not nobody, but not people in general.

I happen to think your ideas in Section IV of the paper are thought provoking (more substantial comment maybe later,) but my friends in the free radio community aren't going to read this paper unless it's about "Personal Freedom and Licensing in Radio." I know you must think that your ideas have some common element or underlying relationship that justifies lumping them together into one paper, but they look pretty disparate to me.