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Broadcasters Accuse Telecom Companies of Hoarding Spectrum

Posted by timothy on from the most-efficient-use-of-resources dept.

angry tapir writes "The National Association of Broadcasters, asked by the US Federal Communications Commission and some lawmakers to give up television spectrum for mobile data uses, has fired back by accusing several other companies of hoarding the spectrum they hold. In recent weeks, the NAB has gone on the offensive by suggesting that several spectrum holders, including Verizon Communications, AT&T and Time Warner Cable, have not developed the spectrum they already have."

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  1. Re:Sounds a lot like the IPv4 crisis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No.

    IP addresses can be increased by just adding numbers to the end. It's only a problem because some vendors aren't willing to adopt a new standard because they're too cheap to invest the money.

    Electromagnetic spectrum is limited by nature. It's a physical constraint.