[BC] Spectrum "looting in progress" update

[Kirk Harnack]

Cowboy wrote:
>>The proper role of the FCC should be to protect the  
>>frequencies of the licensed stations and keep them from being infringed 
>>upon.  Nothing else.
> 
> 
>  Methinks we are in complete agreement here.
> 
>  My basic disagreement, is neither with whether the ether is public property,
>  nor with the usage of it.

Is "this land is your land, this land is my land" public property or 
private?  Mostly private with huge expanses of public land.

RF spectrum should be the same way in The Land of the Free, Home of the 
Brave.

All spectrum licensed to private companies should be converted to their 
private ownership.  They'd still have to operate according to some 
Rules, just like landowners are subject to federal, state and local 
regulations.  Private spectrum owners could be taxed on that RF "real 
estate", too.

The Gov't could own pieces of spectrum here and there for its use, as well.

Radio Spectrum is, indeed, a "scarce commodity".

There is no better way to equitably and efficiently distribute a scarce 
commodity (spectrum) than a free-enterprise, onwership system.  It 
*will* be put to the best, most efficient use over time.

Kirk Harnack