SDRNews SDR2008-02-25: Whitespace Round Three
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WhiteSpace Round Three
by Andrew McCaskey
If there were ever a more powerful political player than the National Association of Broadcasters, it would be hard to find. And they are pulling out all the stops in their effort to influence Congress and the public during the FCC evaluation of the Whitespace Alliance prototypes.
For once, their interests are also aligned with the Telcom world – who are directing $Billions in the 700Mhz spectrum auction that could be severely devalued by the Whitespace technology, should it be permitted.
Politics can make strange bedfellows – but when both comfortable entities can draw or 80 or 120 years worth of Washington defense in depth, it is going to be hard to see how the technology can itself get a fair hearing.
Just because the country and consumers would benefit from another broadband connectivity channel.
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