Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:16:01 -0400
Sender: Telecom Regulation & the Internet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Harold Feld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MAP Statement on FCC White Spaces Action
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Media Access Project Senior Vice President Harold Feld had the
following statement on the FCC's release of a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on unlicensed use of the
broadcast "white spaces." Docket No. 04-186:
Today's FCC action is another step forward in freeing more public
spectrum for productive public use. The FCC has wisely decided to
rely on empirical testing rather than the doomsday predictions
broadcasters practicing the spectrum equivalent of NIMBY (not in my
back yard).
Commissioner Adelstien has once again proven himself a champion for
rural broadband and affordable wireless everywhere through his
heroic efforts to keep as much spectrum as possible "on the table"
until testing is complete. Given the tremendous need for access to
spectrum throughout America -- in rural, suburban, and urban
environments -- it is critical that the Commission foreclose use of
white spaces only where engineering tests prove there is a genuine
risk of harmful interference.
Finally, MAP particularly applauds the separate statement by
Commissioner Copps strongly endorsing unlicensed use of the
broadcast white spaces. As Commissioner Copps observed, these are
the "people's airwaves, to be used in direct service of the public
interest" (emphasis in original). The FCC should reject calls to
encumber this valuable spectrum with needless licensing
requirements. Trying to license such non-contiguous "Swiss cheese"
spectrum can only drive up costs and delay the entry of much needed
wireless services.
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