http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/ Engadget Comments for FCC looking to free up spectrum, and the airwaves that support it, with broadband and wireless for all http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/]]>Sep 4th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 6th 2009 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Hehe to the bike too. ]]>Sep 4th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/
And ATT does have a cap on data, just like the others]]>Sep 4th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/]]>Sep 4th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/
Looking at the frequency allocation chart though (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf) there does appear to be a lot of space for stuff that can't possibly actually be in use...The problem is that certain frequency bands are only suitable for certain purposes. I can't imagine the reaction when the first person to get assigned HF frequencies for wireless data looks at the size of the antenna they're going to need and realizes what kind of limitations (interference, propagation, etc) they are going to suffer...]]>Sep 4th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/ FREE HEATHCARE

(just allow me to buy RXdrugs, and with free internet i could just teach myself how to take care of myself)


NAW' SAYIN!?!?]]>Sep 4th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.speedtest.net/global.php According to this we are 27th behind a lot of tiny countries. But a very close second to the whole of Europe, mind you the continent comparison lumps us with the expansive and broadband barren Canada/Greenland and a crap load of third-world and third-worldesque counties. ]]>Sep 4th 2009 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Please try to free up the frequencies the rest of the world is using so there's some semblance of coherency and compatibility.

Thanks,
The People]]>Sep 4th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Sep 4th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/]]>Sep 4th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Of course there are very few, if indeed any, pure markets of any specific theory in operation in the world.
That being said...
Communism has greatly failed thanks to both typical human power lust and the inability to navigate the chaos of what demand will be for products and so guide usable production to eliminate both shortages and waste.
Socialism on the other hand has been pretty widely successful and is responsible for the high standards of living in many parts of the world.
The problem with the USA is our stubborn inability to look at the models of what others have done and adopt what is demonstrably workable.
The first thing everyone wants to be sure of is that we aren't going to copy whatever anyone else did - even if it works.
I have never understood that.
Meanwhile massive marketing money has successfully equated a lack of regulation with "free markets" and American patriotism.
Why don't we just do what has thus far proven most successful.
Here is a hint - it is more socialistic and less what we have been doing up to this point.]]>Sep 4th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/Turns out I might be a socialist.

Also... the bike.]]>Sep 4th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/fcc-looking-to-free-up-spectrum-and-the-airwaves-that-support-i/http://image06.webshots.com/6/7/19/92/78171992hemOfh_fs.jpg]]>Sep 4th 2009 10:28PM