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After FCC rule change[1], it seems the Telco mafia is also seizing control of available wireless spectrum which could be viable for alternate ISP service/media
by drewmol 9y ago
After FCC rule change[1], it seems the Telco mafia is also seizing control of available wireless spectrum which could be viable for alternate ISP service/media broadcast options. Although I do think there's more productive utilization of this frequency spectrum than broadcasting digital video signals, unfortunately it looks like the same oligopoly will soon control all the terrestrial broadcast licenses[2][3], essentially owning the whole spectrum. Then I'd suspect they'll lobby to repurpose all of them for authenticated (subscription-based) wireless IP/data use[4].
[1]http://fortune.com/2017/04/20/fcc-broadcast-tv-station-ownership/ http://fortune.com/2017/04/20/fcc-broadcast-tv-station-owner...
[2]https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/dealbook/tv-station-owners-rush-to-seize-on-relaxed-fcc-rules.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/dealbook/tv-s...
[3]http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/comcast-nation/FCC-announces-results-of-spectrum-auction-Comcast-big-buyer-for-cell-phone.html http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/comcast-nation/FCC-announ...
[4]http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/13/fccs-tv-airwaves-auction-drew-19-8-billion-led-by-t-mobile.html http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/13/fccs-tv-airwa...