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Spectrum as Property

the economist troll writes "An article in this week's Economist argues that overcautious control of electromagnetic spectrum, on the part of regulatory agencies, has resulted in the sheer waste of up to 95% of available spectrum. The article suggests remedies for this sorry state of affairs, including (but not limited to) various methods of privatization. Peppered with history and interesting facts--for instance, did you know only 2% of America's spectrum allocation is determined by auction?--this is one article you won't want to miss."

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  1. Re:Fucking enviromentalists by Uber+Banker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    between 1900 and 2000 the number of trees in the US doubled

    Interesting. Do you have a link? Did a quick Google but found myself trapped between tree-huggers and tree-choppers.

  2. Re:Alternitives? by kinzillah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Girls are like internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken.

    well, you can stil get one from a strange country :-P

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    Douglas P. Price
  3. Whatever the government does... by mi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It does poorly...

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    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.