Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:57:35 -0700
Reply-To: Ben McCafferty <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM>
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From: Ben McCafferty <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM>
Subject: Re: NVC Wireless,
was: Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild / Fix?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1030117162736.18157D-100000@grex.cyberspace.org>
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> I guess I just have a negative gut reaction to taking frequencies that
> were previously accessable to all and turning them into pay-for-use
> services. It's a bit like selling a national park to Chevy and then
> roping it off so only Chevy truck owners can drive there -- for a price.
>
Problem is, they are NOT free or accessible for all!!! The government
handed out huge sections of the spectrum to broadcast stations,
universities, etc. in the earlier part of the last century, and those
license holders are now wanting to cash in by selling your so-called "public
trust" back to the people!!! I would equate this more to the use of
national lands for strip mining or ranching--use the land for a profitable
use, and enforce preservation on those who profit from it. I don't want to
see every bit of the spectrum turned into "for-profit" use either, but the
point here is that the cellular companies can't get enough spectrum to
provide a decent service for their users, while people who were GIVEN
spectrum years ago are using it for arcane technologies that are in decline
or no longer exist. The spectrum was given to these people in the first
place to promote technology and growth, and now that action is having
exactly the opposite effect. No one is "taking" the spectrum back from
broadcast TV companies ("if they get away with it with broadcast TV...), the
cell companies are paying big bucks for it, and the broadcast TV magnates
(who freely admit the spectrum is being under utilized or poorly utilized)
will make billions off of your "public trust"!
Use bogus information to register at the site, but do yourself a favor and
read this article. You won't believe your eyes.
bmc :)
Ben McCafferty
ben@volkscafe.com
Volks Cafe
1823 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831-426-1244
http://www.volkscafe.com
> From: David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:29:28 -0500 (EST)
> To: Ben McCafferty <ben@volkscafe.com>
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: NVC Wireless, was: Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild /
> Fix?
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Ben McCafferty wrote:
>
>>> From each according to ability, to each according to need???
>>
>> 137 million cell users versus 11 million broadcast TV users. Did you read
>> the article?
>
> No, I don't like having to register with sites, to be honest.
>
> If they get away with it with broadcast TV and radio, you can kiss your
> CB, FRS, and 802.11 frequencies goodbye, I bet.
>
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> __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI
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> |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer,
> the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
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