The saga of US spectrum policy
"Whosoever shall entertain high and vapourous imaginations, instead of laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes." Francis Bacon
Great reading from Arcchart.com:
"US spectrum wars
The saga of US spectrum policy is starting to read like a soap opera from the days of Prohibition. A few powerful bodies control a commodity that is tightly restricted, putting it at the centre of increasingly expensive and destructive turf wars. All attempts by the current US administration to liberalize availability are hitting bitter opposition from the controlling powers -- the major cellcos and broadcasters. The ongoing battles over allocation of spectrum in the 700MHz and 800MHz bands illustrate the vicious delaying tactics and lobbying techniques that can hold back attempts to open up new wireless services. And these raise fears that the much anticipated auctions of valuable 1.9GHz assets could be similarly marred, severely holding back the US' urgently needed liberalization of spectrum. . ." --> (continues at Arcchart.com, external link)
More abbreviations to come
I'll have something on professional degrees later today, in part of the continuing discussion written about below.