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….
Spectrum for War and Peace
Hudson Institute Fellow Bryan Clark has told the Senate Commerce Committee that it’s better to hoard mid-band spectrum for (vague and poorly-specified) future military purposes than to auction it for…
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…
My Reply Comment on CBRS
Today I filed a reply comment on the FCC’s CBRS NPRM. Here’s the summary. The most important frequency band class for the 3GPP 5G standard is n77, an internationally harmonized…
Wheeler supports his own Internet regulations
Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has broken his silence on the FCC’s desire to re-impose his Title II regulatory framework on Internet Service Providers. This is dog-bites-man news apart from…
Net neutrality advocates discover quality
Barbara van Schewick is a professor at the Stanford Law School and director of the Center for Internet and Society, Larry Lessig’s old job. She is without question the most…
Net Neutrality Reply Comments
Rather than going forward with backward-looking Title II regulations it would be wise for the FCC to issue a Further NPRM seeking comment on the state of competition in the Broadband ISP market. The NPRM barely touches this topic, but it’s actually at the center of the current issue set. There is much the Agency can do to accelerate the transition from a wire-dominant broadband regime to a wireless future in which the Internet is fully pervasive.
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.
FAA Proposes Token 5G Fix
Absent exigent circumstances (supply chain disruptions and the like) a single cycle of radalt upgrades and add-on filters should be sufficient to ensure compatibility with 5G.