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To: axial who wrote (35869)	9/24/2010 1:33:47 PM
From: Charles Brown	Respond to of 46821

axial, ftth, Frank, your perspectives are eloquently stated and appreciated. IMO, the present model is useless. ftth, I think people get emotional over these issues because of expectations, which are usually built on slogans like "WiFi on steroids", "Internet freedom" (net neut), etc. In the communications industry this play has been playing to sold-out crowds for decades. It's a huge scam, like Wall Street trading. While there's clearly an underlying passion in axial's refrain, I admire it because he looks the darkness in the face and accepts it. In addition, it's a topic worth having passion about because there's a lot at stake here - the Republic itself. So ftth, in the sense in which you expressed it I agree with your observation. But it's deadly serious, as opposed to emotional fancy, to propose something like "Renaissance Radio" following Paul Baran's kindergarten rules of engagement (Visions of the 21st Century Communications: Is the Shortage of Radio Spectrum for Broadband Networks of the Future a Self Made Problem? 1994). www.greaterdemocracy.org/.../visions-of-the-21st-century-communications.pdf Rule #1. Keep away from the big bullies in the playground. (Avoid the strongest signals.) Rule #2. Share your toys. (Minimize your transmitted power. Use the shortest hop distances feasible. Minimize average power density per Hertz.) Rule #3. If you have nothing to say, keep quiet. Rule #4. Don't pick on the big kids. (Don't step on strong signals. You're going to get clobbered.) Rule #5. If you feel you absolutely must beat up somebody, be sure to pick someone smaller than yourself. (Now this is a less obvious one, as weak signals represent far away transmissions; so your signals will likely be attenuated the same amount in the reverse direction and probably not cause significant interference.) Rule #6. Don't get too close to your neighbor. Even the weakest signals are very strong when they are shouted in your ear. Rule #7. Lastly, don't be a cry baby. (If you insist on using obsolete technology that is highly sensitive to interfering signals, don't expect much sympathy when you complain about interfering signals in a shared band.). Is it irrational or emotional hijinks to propose a means of advancement by not asking permission? I think not. History shows that this is how most innovation happens. We should build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete, and to Hades with the FCC, CRTC, and their benefactors.