IP: more on A view of the Spectrum for the formerly Chief Economist, FCCand my Co-Director, Penn Initiative on Markets, Technology and Policy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Gerry Faulhaber" <gerry-faulhaber () home com>
> To: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ultradevices com>,
>    "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
>
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:15:19 -0400
>
> Absolutely!  The property rights model is at least as flexible as the
> government license model; but we have to get it right, not just for SDR but
> for technologies of the future we haven't even thought of yet.  But then,
> property rights tend to evolve with new needs (this certainly happened with
> land, e.g.).  But lots of hard work needs to be done to get it right.
>
> Gerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
> To: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ultradevices com>
> Cc: "Gerry Faulhaber" <gerry-faulhaber () home com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: IP: A view of the Spectrum for the formerly Chief Economist,
> FCCand my Co-Director, Penn Initiative on Markets, Technology and Policy
>
>
> > That is exactly why Gerry and I wanted the PIMTAP -- to provide an
> > environment in which to look at such issues in the context of policy
> making
> > Dave
> >
> > At 12:18 PM 8/18/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > > Glad to see that Professor Gerald Faulhaber at least mentions
> > > technological alternatives like Software Defined Radios (SDR) and
> > > Ultrawideband. I'm concerned though that he is just assuming that it will
> > > fit in with a spectrum market economy. I am concerned that there has not
> > > been given enough tought on how non-traditional technologies that
> > > themselves share spectrum fairly without a market can fit in. Especially
> > > with people who are putting up legal "barbed wire" to not allow any
> > > spectrum sharing...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert J. Berger
> > > UltraDevices, Inc.
> > > 257 Castro Street, Suite 223 Mt. View CA. 94041
> > > Email: rberger () ultradevices com http://www.ultradevices.com
> > > Voice: 408-882-4755 Fax: 408-490-2868



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