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IP: Isolationism? wireless type
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 04:44:38 -0500
March 22, 2001 Isolationism? By Nancy Gohring It's time to face the fact that the U.S. won't see third-generation wireless. Ever. We'll remain on our island in the high-speed, mobile, multimedia network spanning the globe. Today's globetrotters must rent a variety of phones to keep connected as they move from one continent to another. In the future, they'll need only two - one for the U.S., and one for the rest of the world. Our government's inability to designate and clear spectrum for next-generation services prevents the wireless industry from untangling the knot of multiple, incompatible networks. Unlike our European and Asian counterparts, we won't see big chunks of spectrum put on the auction block for 3G because the bureaucracy here moves at a snail's pace and we have far less potentially usable spectrum. http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/columns/0,4164,2700262,00.html For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/
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