White spaces legislation
This happened earlier this year, but it’s still interesting. Rep. Bobby Rush, in whose district Shure (wireless microphones manufacturer) resides, introduced a bill that would put off even considering having mobile wireless devices in the white spaces until 2012.
What would you do if you were a big online company that wanted to take advantage of the white spaces in an unlicensed way and route around the incumbents? Would you build a new prototype device and try to convince the FCC that the old one was just broken? Would you wait it out until a new administration showed up and hope for better treatment? Would you take Rep. Rush’s bill seriously?
I’m thinking of becoming a ham.