True. The Pai FCC and the Trump Administration in general seems dedicated to leaving a legacy that can’t easily be undone. Like selling spectrum, or appointing Supreme Court Justices. They probably see Wheeler as a fool whose accomplishments could be undone with the stroke of a pen, and Obama much the same. I’m not being political, and I guess you have to give them credit for understanding how the game is played. If you want a legacy that lasts longer than the next election, you have to build it with bricks not straw.
BTW, did you see where O’Rielly argued that muni broadband, promoted by the evil Wheeler, presented a “particularly ominous threat to the First Amendment”, citing TOS language against hate speech and threats. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354770A1.pdf https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj49j8/fcc-falsely-claims-community-broadband-an-ominous-threat-to-the-first-amendment From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Radabaugh Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 1:47 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS Michael O’Rielly absolutely positively thinks it’s a fantastic idea. The really scary part is that he thinks it’s better for private industry to own it, since he can’t trust future FCC commissioners. He’s that guy that won’t date a girl that would go out with a guy like him. Mark On Oct 31, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Joe Novak <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: " On the other hand, they get rewarded for carrying spectrum as an asset on their balance sheet." This is the most disgusting thing about the American auctioning system right now. Who in their right minds thought it was a good idea to just auction a finite resource to the highest bidder? Why isn't a use it or lose it system enforced, or at the very least a system like we will see in CBRS? It all seems like such a sham that gets propped up continuously. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:42 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: It’s going to be interesting, I wonder why the carriers would pay anywhere near the kind of money for CBRS spectrum that they are used to for low and mid band spectrum, when they can use it for free as GAA. Similar to 5 GHz. No cost, and opportunistic use for carrier aggregation. On the other hand, they get rewarded for carrying spectrum as an asset on their balance sheet. I’m thinking of a scenario where the auction sets too high a minimum bid, and they get zero bids. Even 10 cents per MHz-POP might be too high, if it can be used as GAA at no cost. As long as they have an anchor channel in other spectrum, CBRS is like icing on the cake, nice but not mission critical, and possibly not worth paying much money to “own”. From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:13 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS That makes it easier for the carriers to stomp out the little GAA guys :) On 10/31/18 9:50 AM, Joe Novak wrote: I think it's more likely that they will have a licensed anchor channel and only aggregate 3.65 in the downlink, using different frequencies for uplink. Carrier aggregation is a whole different game of spectrum usage. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:38 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: One thing that was unfortunate about the NN license was that mobile stations had a stupid low Tx power limit. Basically mobile wasn't viable. Is CBRS going to have that type of restriction? -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com <image001.jpg>-- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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