Dubious Arguments for 7 GHz Wi-Fi
A number of recent studies claim that Wi-Fi is on the verge of collapse – or radical slowdown – unless the FCC assigns the 7 GHz band to unlicensed use:…
The America Offline Hearing
The hearing we previewed in the last post (Spectrum for War and Peace) has wrapped and we now know who’s standing in the way of opening up the spectrum pipeline….
Goodbye Crusty Old Cable
I finally canceled cable modem service after 27 years. It’s funny what it would take a networking guy like me – e.g., I wrote the program that my installer used…
NTIA Spectrum Plan Implementation Comments
The bottom line is that the focus on study means we are not placing enough emphasis on the directions and objectives of improving incumbent systems.
HTF Comments on Title II NPRM
But most of all, the FCC needs to guide Congress toward a regulatory status quo that enables the Commission to function to its full capability so that the Internet can fulfill its potential. The FCC and the Internet are not at war with each other, you are both partners in making a better tomorrow.
FCC Lumbers Along with Net Neutrality
I would much rather see the FCC spend its free time on the spectrum problem than fooling around with Title II. But that takes the agency focusing more on what the country needs and less on its institutional self-esteem. That’s harsh, but it’s consistent with what’s actually happening in 2023
Anna Gomez on the National Spectrum Plan
Of all the telecom lawyers I’ve met, nobody understands spectrum better than Anna Gomez. This is a must-see podcast for spectrum geeks.
Mary Brown on Building a Spectrum Pipeline
Evaluation of 20th century radio use cases against 21st century networking needs has to become an ongoing process until all of the spectrum allocations made by fiat are converted to more general uses.
Will Rinehart on Broadband Part Two
The economics of competition work very differently in markets with high fixed costs. These markets work better with a consumer welfare focus than with the competition focus.
Pallone’s Folly Will Make Broadband Worse
The need for broadband can be satisfied in a matter of months by spending money where it can do the most good: on end user inclusion programs and subsidies. The long term need for better and better broadband exists as well, but it lives on a completely different timeline.