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Sprint Nextel Vs. 41 Schools and Non-Profits
netbuzz writes "A case of corporate bullying, or good network citizenship? Sprint Nextel has let slip the dogs of law on the FCC and 41 non-profits, most of them school systems, in an effort to get the FCC to stop granting these organizations special dispensation when they fail to renew their wireless spectrum licenses. These licenses were granted as part of the Educational Broadband Service. The school systems, many of them rural, argue that they don't have the staff or the resources to keep on top of the paperwork and shouldn't be punished for such bureaucratic lapses. (Some generate revenue by leasing unused portions of the spectrum to carriers such as Sprint Nextel.) The schools' argument may sound a bit like 'the dog ate my homework' to some, and Sprint Nextel makes a fairly compelling case that a greater good would be served if the FCC would stop enabling such tardiness."
"There are people out there that hate us for no better reason than we are a wealthy, free society."
Well. This is Bush's strange justification for attacking Iraq. It's funny how few people hate Switzerland, then, isn't it?
That's not the reason, and you know it. There are people out there who hate you because you're America. A country which has broken every treaty it ever signed. A country which murders decent people everywhere in the world and steals their belongings. They hate you because the world would be infinitely better off without you in it.
That's why.
Yes. Yes it does. A salient discussion of the argument's points and their shortcomings is a good place to start.
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