The FCC Chairman in a speech at the White House:
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354323A1.pdf
"We've scheduled America's first two high-band 5G spectrum auctions to begin
later this year. We're on track to auction off three more bands next year.
We're exploring how to repurpose midband spectrum for new wireless
applications, from rural broadband coverage to the next generation of WiFi."
Okay, going way, way up in frequencies, compared the the previous upper cutoff
of what was controlled. Makes sense. You have to manage the frequencies are are
going to be used, or they will end up being useless.
"The auctions to come will not only deliver more wireless services to more
consumers but also raise billions of dollars in non-tax revenue for our nation."
Once again, the Chairman showing an amazing lack of perspective. Those billions
of dollars are billions of dollars we, the people, will be paying back, with
interest, to the (only) companies this FCC Chairman seems to be working for.
"And to put these efforts in perspective: We are aiming to free up more
spectrum than is currently held by every mobile broadband provider combined."
To put this in perspective: that's mindless hype. Designed to wow the ignorant.
This is a logarithmic distribution. You go up in frequencies, and of course you
will be talking about larger and larger chunks. Just as, the entire AM
broadcast band, about 1.1 MHz total, once upon a time the entirety of
commercial RF spectrum managed by the FCC that was available to broadcasters,
is merely 1/6th of the spectrum assigned to a SINGLE TV station! Are we wowed,
or what?
"We'll need an estimated 800,000 new cell sites by 2025. For perspective, we
have barely a quarter of those today. We'll also need a lot more fiber optic
lines to connect all these small cells to the networks' core."
Yes, and as Commissioner Rosenworcel pointed out, the siting fees are a small
part of the cost of deploying these infrastructures. That's why roi will rule
the day, and it's silly to expect any huge increase in competition, with 5G.
Now the customary banalities. He won't resist the temptation to push this
corrupt agenda, every chance he gets:
"Speaking of replacing outdated regulations, we also overturned the Obama
Administration's decision to heavily regulate the Internet like a slow-moving
utility under rules developed in the 1930s. We've replaced it with a
consistent national policy for broadband providers that protects the free and
open Internet ..."
**FREE AND OPEN FOR WHO**? You mean, free for those local monopolies to block
Internet sites? As he has said they can and maybe should (supposedly, "new"
business models, from the 1970s era cable TV gatekeepers)?
What a fraud.
Bert
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