{"id":129,"date":"2008-11-09T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T01:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payne.org\/2008\/11\/09\/other-big-news-fcc-rules-for-unlicensed-spectrum\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T21:22:23","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T01:22:23","slug":"other-big-news-fcc-rules-for-unlicensed-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/other-big-news-fcc-rules-for-unlicensed-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Big News:  FCC rules for unlicensed spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is some big news buried under Obama&#8217;s election win: \u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toptechnews.com\/story.xhtml?story_id=0110012XX7BK\">FCC has adopted rules <\/a>allowing for unlicensed use of some TV spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>This is HUGE news.<\/p>\n<p>Spectrum is a finite resource, and it&#8217;s availability (or lack of) is a limiting factor in satisfying growing demand for new services. \u00a0Most spectrum use requires a license, and incumbent license holders are quite adept at forming barriers against new competitors (good luck trying to start a new cellphone provider, for example). \u00a0The FCC occasionally auctions off spectrum, but that policy is fundamentally flawed (IMHO) if the goal is maximum benefit to the people.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the most disruptive and pervasive\u00a0 applications have been\u00a0unlicensed\u00a0(e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Part_15_(FCC_rules)\">Part 15<\/a>), where, like the Internet, you don&#8217;t need someone&#8217;s permission to innovate. \u00a0Think of CB radio, cordless phones, the Family Radio Service, remote control of all kinds, low power FM, wireless headsets, Bluetooth and Wifi.<\/p>\n<p>More unlicensed spectrum means more good stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is some big news buried under Obama&#8217;s election win: \u00a0the FCC has adopted rules allowing for unlicensed use of some TV spectrum. This is HUGE news. Spectrum is a finite resource, and it&#8217;s availability (or lack of) is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/other-big-news-fcc-rules-for-unlicensed-spectrum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}