Handicaping This Week’s Big Spectrum Auction
And what a long strange trip its been to get here! In 2004, Congress passed the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA), which required government users to vacate some choice spectrum so the FCC can...
View ArticleHow the FCC Made Star Trek Possible
Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek , now referred to as Star Trek: The Original Series (or just ST:TOS). I make no secret of my love for ST:TOS, and credit it with (among other things)...
View ArticleLooks Like Julius Genachowski Will Get The Nod — And What That Means For the...
Sometimes the conventional wisdom gets it right. After much speculation, it now seems increasingly likely that Obama's Harvard Law classmate Julius Genachowski will be nominated to take over as FCC...
View ArticleWhy The Stimulus Speed Upgrades Are Right, Or Public Utility Meets Zeno's...
Many folks talk about broadband build out as if it were rural electrification. I do agree with this in one sense it is a critical part of our infrastructure and links to our tradition of ensuring that...
View ArticleDeja Vu All Over Again in Pennsylvania.
Some of you may remember Pennsylvania as the state where the battle to save muni broadband began when, around Thanksgiving 2004, the PA Legislature passed a law preventing local government...
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