Spectrum Bill Gathers Momentum
Jul 10, 2009, 2:33 PM by Eric M. Zeman
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has asked the FCC to catalog what companies, entities or persons are using the radio spectrum between 300MHx and 3.5Ghz across the United States. Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts sponsored the bill, which is headed to the Senate for approval. A similar bill will also need to be approved by the House of Representatives. The idea behind the legislation is to create a public document that can be used by all to see who owns what spectrum and what it is being used for.
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So wait..
You can own spectrum without any documentation existing already?
Or if you have documentation saying you own it, you don't have to say what you are using it for?
So in other words, the government is terrible at keeping records and rather than dig into their already existing records (or getting them from the states/counties that use them) they are going to spend... I'm estimating millions of dollars creating a new system that they'll most likely forget about in a few years anyway.
Gotta love how careful they are with our money, right?
Or if you have documentation saying you own it, you don't have to say what you are using it for?
So in other words, the government is terrible at keeping records and rather than dig into their already existing records (or getting them from the states/counties that use them) they are going to spend... I'm estimating millions of dollars creating a new system that they'll most likely forget about in a few years anyway.
Gotta love how careful they are with our money, right?
This is typical wasteful government spending. 👿
The FCC Universal Licensing system already exists.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home »
But its use requires knowlege of wireless licensing well beyond that of most lay persons.
AJ
http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home »
But its use requires knowlege of wireless licensing well beyond that of most lay persons.
AJ
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good point
national security
my thought is that if you define a range of frequency and use of that frequency. Wouldn't some of that compromise national security to a degree? All these laws seem to just be making it easier for the lawless to take advantage of a system and tie the hands of law enforcement.
I don't think that anything marked as exempt from FoI act would be posted. Therefore, no breech of national security.
