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> Who are these people, who might "help free people from the iron grip of broadband non-competition"? Ideally, the FCC. By licensing the spectrum to smaller pr
by kogepathic 10y ago
> Who are these people, who might "help free people from the iron grip of broadband non-competition"?
Ideally, the FCC. By licensing the spectrum to smaller providers with guarantees for service (e.g. we connect X customers in Y years or forfeit the license) and at very affordable rates (or free).
Except the new management at the FCC doesn't seem to be at all concerned with making things better for the average citizen...
- rayiner 10y agoThat's the opposite of what should happen. One of the reasons we're stuck with broadcasters parked on beachfront spectrum was that back in the 1930s spectrum was licensed based on what would serve the "public interest" (in some bureaucrat's judgment). Back then, TV was revolutionary something something education. Spectrum auctions were a good model when the FCC started doing them. Today we have the technology for devices to mediate spectrum use among themselves (maybe following very high level regulatory guidelines). To use an analogy: you don't "allocate road" to cars. You let drivers figure it out themselves against a background of rules for dealing with conflicts (e.g. Right of way).