[opendtv] Re: Spectrum Management
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:50:57 -0400
On Aug 11, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
You went by this the way you always do. Instead of informing yourself FIRST,
or otherwise say nothing, you invented some sort of narrative. You dreamed up
a DoD that grabs whatever spectrum it wants, and then 2 + 2 = 6, you wondered
why private companies can't do likewise. All false. And it should be obvious
why.
Talk about inventing a narrative.
I never accused the DoD of grabbing spectrum, nor any other government agency.
I did imply that the may mismanage or underutilize the spectrum that the NTIA
assigns to them. And I di ask you too take a look at the National Broadband
Plan and the directive from Obama to recover 500 MHz of spectrum from
government users to auction to private companies.
But the larger point is that once the spectrum is allocated to a government
user, THEY, or another agency they control determines how that spectrum is to
be used. THEY dictate the technical standards. THEY write the rules.
This is exactly analogous to what has happened since the FCC was told by
Congress to auction spectrum to private users, and let the private users
determine how the spectrum is used, INCLUDING the ability to resell this
spectrum AND to share it.
So why would it be inappropriate for the NTIA to just take over
the minimal role the government should play in Spectrum management?
Because at some point in history, people decided it was better to have
domestic commercial spectrum managed by an agency directly responsible to
Congress.
THANK YOU!
I've been trying to get you to understand the problems with this approach for
years. What we got was a Federal agency that is directly responsible to the
special interests; the same special interests that Senators and Congressmen
spend the vast majority of their time cutting deals with to finance their
campaigns.
This is not debatable. The special interests colluded with the politicians to
create natural monopolies and to protect them after they were created. We have
spent much of the past fifty years trying to tear down these special interest
walls via deregulation.
And they weren't wrong. The example of net neutrality is a good one.
Nope. Just the same old same old.
Just create a false narrative and use it to justify regulation "in the public
interest."
There are governments of some countries out there, perfectly willing to wall
up the Internet, block it, censor it, whatever.
SO?
With Congress looking over the FCC's shoulders, such things would be far less
likely to happen. But EITHER WAY, a spectrum manager is needed.
Congress has been looking over the FCC's shoulder since 1934. And the special
interests have been telling both Congress and the FCC what to do to protect
them.
All that is needed is a few rules that can be enforced via anti-trust
enforcement and the courts.
As usual you are clueless. The reality is that private firms are
perfectly capable of managing their own spectrum, and many
government agencies are not.
So here you our, with a completely idiotic comment, even after all of this
was laid out in front of you.
Looking in a mirror?
The is nothing inaccurate or idiotic about what i said.
Anyone - government or private is capable of good management and mismanagement.
But competitive businesses who are not propped up by governments have to make a
profit; if they mismanage they die.
And one more thing...
In a market based spectrum management system, the best use of a chunk of
spectrum will prevail over a lesser need propped up by the politicians and
regulators.
Broadcast TV is a prime example...
Regards
Craig
Bert
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