[BC] Looks like we got snookered!

[Mike McCarthy]

Dana....

The broadcasters, particularly the big guns didn't want the new spectrum 
which would in effect give the peanut whistles equal footing in audio 
quality and improved coverage. They STILL DON'T EITHER. This is long before 
the last ownership dereg. took place and CC, et al. were able to go on a 
buying spree. That and the industry and technology were not prepared for a 
new band.  Things change....over 10 years.

Who could have imaged wireless broadband and the myriad of new things which 
now requires spectrum for short distance communications needing as much as 
they do now.

Yes, we got Ibiquity and I agree it's a neutered system which has great 
harm potential to the AM band. But after seeing the LONG roll outs in 
Britain and Canada, we're rolling out Ibiquity a whole lot faster here.

MM

At 05:58 AM 1/3/2006 -0800, DANA PUOPOLO wrote
>Check this out:
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>http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051230-083814-1294r
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>If I recall, a slice of this spectrum was the VERY place where Eureka DAB was
>to have gone. Hmmm...I'm wondering why the space wasn't available when
>broadcasters wanted it (Seems the Pentagon needed it to test missles), but
>when the cellular industry wants it: *POOF!!* there it is!
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>Of did Ibiquity, the NAB and the "status quo" broadcasters get their way A la'
>lobbying?
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>I find it interesting that the ONLY people who GET DIGITAL RADIO SLOTS are the
>ones that already own analog ones. Wasn't the original purpose of DAB to:
>"Level the playing field"? I guess having a few consolidators owning most of
>the good stations is level enough for the FCC and Congress.
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>Well, it looks like the broadcasters (and their short term greed) just shot
>themselves in the foot - AGAIN!
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>See, one of the things the cellular industry is going to DO with this new
>spectrum is deliver CONTENT (remember that word in earlier discussions?) to
>the public.  Guess who's going to get short shrift as a result?
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>The Broadcasters......
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>I learned a moral a long time ago. It said: "Be careful of what you wish for,
>because it might come true". The Consolidators and NAB wished for Ibiquity and
>that's EXACTLY what they got - a crappy, neutered DAB system - but the
>cellular industry gets the last laugh here, because THEY got (the) 45 mHz of
>spectrum that the consolidators and NAB gave up - to compete against them!
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>Along with another 45 Mhz in the 2.1 gig band....
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