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New Spectrum to the Rescue

Dare we hope that the FCC may finally act in the public interest and bring us some sound public policy when it comes to spectrum management? Spectrum Policy may well be one of the biggest barriers to popular understanding of wireless broadband. Is there a more arcane and complex topic?

Check out this website, Fractals of Change, for one of the most accessible explanations of potential upcoming changes in spectrum policy that just may hold promise for us all. In his post entitled "Good News from the FCC," blogger Tom Evslin describes the events this week at the FCC, where - finally - they have laid out plans to have a real dialogue on what to do with the 700 MHz spectrum swatches that will become avaialble when analogue TV spectrum are reallocated in 2009.

To find out why this is vital to our national prospects for broadband access, I encourage you to read not only Tom's current post, but also the two links he has at the tail end of his article, which provide very good background for the novice to better understand spectrum policy and the physics of radio frequency (RF). See Spectrum Serendipity from April 11, 2007, as well as Internet 2.0 is Open Spectrum from September 25, 2006.

I encourage you to brew up a nice cup of hot tea and sit down for a good read. Or grab a cold brew, if that is more your speed. However you read it, you will find it time well spent.

Posted on April 28, 2007 at 08:12 PM

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