re Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space" database admin

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> Date: January 6, 2010 6:27:59 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space"   
> database admin

> Has it occurred to anyone that Google might have vested interests,  
> or conflicts of interest, that would make it a poor choice to  
> administer spectrum? Google is an ISP (in Mountain View, California)  
> and owns a nationwide and international fiber optic network. It also  
> designs cellular telephones. Could it possibly be trusted not to  
> manipulate the billions of dollars' worth of TV white space spectrum  
> so as to advantage these businesses or others in which it engages?
>
> Also, while Google has lobbied for "network neutrality" regulation,  
> it has unilaterally claimed -- in the recent controversy regarding  
> Google Voice -- the right to cut off communications to specific  
> parties of its choosing. Will it do the same if entrusted with the  
> white space spectrum?
>
> Would it not be better to entrust the management of the spectrum to  
> an organization without such vested interests?
>
> --Brett Glass



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