On Sunday 15 Aug 2004 1:24 am, Linux Lingam wrote: > dear all, > > this article is highly stimulating. in essence, should the > electromagnetic spectrum become open source? the dilemma is classic: > are governments/agencies auctioning pebbles on a seashore like a > scarce commidity, or is the 'tragedy of commons' if you oversell a > lake for fishing? > http://economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3084475 >
http://www.shirky.com/writings/spectrum_public_good.html I found this article( courtesy of slashdot) highly readable on the subject of frequency delicensing. It explains *ver well* the old model and the new model of spectrum usage, and how the older model has proven to be obsolete by the example of wifi. In short, spectrum licensing earlier was like licensing people to talk, allowing only certain licenced people to "shout" to each other. And now it has been "discovered", that you dont need to shout. People who need to communicate just have to be "loud enough" to be listened to by the other, and every body can now talk to each other without bothering about "licence to talk". :) Well that is gross simplification of the issue, but explains how absurd the earlier model of spectrum licensing was. - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home: http://www.sandipb.net PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 I can relate to that. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
