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Thomas Farely

Tom has produced privateline.com since 1995. He is now a freelance technology writer who contributes regularly to the site.

His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

Ken is a licensed attorney who has worked in the tower industry for seven years. He has managed the development of broadcast towers nationwide and developed and built cell towers.

He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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August 24, 2006

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 01:41 PM

Spectrum Shortage Continues, An Editorial

From the good folks at the CGC Communicator
, the most concise and
cogent explanation of where our problems with too
little spectrum are headed. Intelligent and frequency
agile radios only need apply. But when will we get
there? And how?

It seems that everyone wants access to the radio
spectrum. The FCC is being pressured from every
imaginable quarter -- the wireless digital folks in
particular -- to free up more Megahertz. The gold
rush is not being driven by attorneys or engineers,
but by politicians and the investment community. The
electromagnetic spectrum is destined to become a
SHARED resource in most instances, broadcast bands
included, FAA bands probably excluded for now.

Tom Farley back again. Go to CGC's site sometime and
take a look around. Well worth your time. Subscribe,
too, to their free newsletter. Excellent, pithy
writing.

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