- Expectation of constant
and ubiquitous connectivity and access to help (E911)
- Exponential growth in use
of devices that use radio signals -- including cell phones, pagers,
even watches that synchronize to WWVB!
- In this wireless age, the
ability to innovate or even to engage in many businesses depends on
access
to the abstract "turf" known as spectrum
- Many argue that the
current auction/exclusive licensing regime has created artificial
scarcity and barriers to entry, thus hindering progress and preventing
competition and innovation
- As
large corporations aggregate spectrum and attempt to foreclose competition via
pre-emptive bids and abuse of auction policies, small
operators such as LARIAT.NET are
literally in danger of becoming "spectrum sharecroppers" -- or
"spectrum serfs" -- if they are able to survive at all once Part 15
unlicensed spectrum becomes too crowded for reliable broadband delivery
- What is
the best policy, as dictated by the laws of physics and actual
experience?
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