I mean, that's the reason they can't ask for one, but I'm more interested in the reason why the FCC said they can't ask for one. Is it because of pointless adm

I mean, that's the reason they can't ask for one, but I'm more interested in the reason why the FCC said they can't ask for one. Is it because of pointless administrative gridlock? If so, good on them for finding a way to get around some bureaucrat's unwillingness to wield their approval stamp. Is it because of some technical reason? Ok, bummer, but that's totally different. If it's someone's bottom line vs a public resource, that's that... but I get the sense the FCC would have said that explicitly, no?