http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/ Engadget Comments for FCC boss keeps driving home the 'spectrum, spectrum, spectrum' message for wireless broadband 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/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/Dec 1st 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/
ok thank god I wasnt the only one that thought that, but I did maybe go a little overboard?

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That gives me an idea.

"Twilight: A Day Off. "

If only it were true, I could really use one...

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As for rural broadband, I am all for using USF money to bring broadband. Our system is outdated, as there is no need for phone service, but there is a very important need for broadband. It's very backwards that there is even a guarantee that you will get landline service in this day and age, a service that many people are getting rid of because it serves no purpose. That being said, why not just partner with Verizon to offer plans for home service, as they already have the infrastructure in place and operating in many of the areas?]]>Dec 1st 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/Dec 1st 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/
"his whole wireless spectrum crisis is a bunch of BS. We have enough, people are just using too much data. If wireless data were metered, people would stop streaming YouTube videos all day."

If you weren't commenting on a thread that only affects Americans I would be sure that you were from some distant, Socialist nation and that you don't understand capitalism. If people want to download YouTube videos all day then they can do that! It's America for f*ck's sake!

And more realistically, if Interweb usage was "metered" as you suggest, then people would stop using the internet so much... then companies like Google would lose tons of money... then they'd lay a bunch of people off... then there would be a massive economic meltdown in the entire Bay Area... then - well, you get the idea, right?

What a stupid thing to say "people are just using too much data." What are you? Like 90? I guarantee data usage is only going to get greater and greater... maybe you should go ahead and plug your ears and yell "LALALALALALALA" so you can remain blissfully unaware.]]>Dec 1st 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/
For mobile data, however, there is a limited amount of spectrum, and so long as Verizon and AT&T don't favor their own services over someone else's, they should be allowed to cap, meter and throttle as much as they need to in order to keep the network stable. That being said, they shouldn't be able to charge absurd overages, as that is just being greedy, while throttling when a user hits a cap (say 500MB/mo) is perfectly fine.

People do not need to watch YouTube videos on our valuable spectrum, because people have ACTUAL BUSINESS to do over those same airwaves. Most mobile data is text-based, and using mobile versions of sites and data compression, you don't need to pull much data. This is why EDGE is still relevant, and works great for anything that actually needs to be done on a mobile phone.

Wireline data usage is going to go WAY UP with HD video downloading and streaming, and that's fine. Fiber is the future. Mobile data, however, serves a much more utilitarian purpose, and the carriers should create a model that encourages the responsible use of mobile data, i.e. not streaming video.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/
Moments of pride exemplified by compliance.
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This would allow broadband providers, both wired and wireless, can continue their neverending quest for subscribers but only if they maintain the required ratio within a given market, and prevents gaming of the system so a 3G tower in Hancock, Maine (population 157) isn't used to skew the aggregate ratio for the carrier's national network. Carriers exceeding the subscriber-to-bandwidth ratio for a given market would be barred from taking on new subscribers in that area until their regional network was brought into compliance.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/ ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/Jan 11th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/Dec 2nd 2009 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/fcc-boss-keeps-driving-home-the-spectrum-spectrum-spectrum-m/Dec 2nd 2009 7:29PM