A “Fubar” Waiting To Happen

A FUBAR WAITING TO HAPPEN
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Former-FCC Commissioner James Quello]
[Commentary] Letting unlicensed devices, from wireless laptops to radio-controlled toys, use spectrum that was once reserved for television has great potential of becoming a disaster. A key problem is the location of these unlicensed devices relative to a consumer's TV set. Even a low-power device can interfere with a TV set if it is located close enough: A neighbor in the next apartment or down the street may cause your new digital TV set or subsidized converter box to freeze up. In a more perfect, logical world, the government should first finalize the DTV transition before activating auctions or before validating unlicensed devices.
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