United Nations hosts wireless summit to discuss use in developing nations, stripping regulation: It has to say something about how the FCC and US industries have handled unlicensed spectrum that we can teach the rest of the world how deregulation or minimal regulation can provide such excellent benefits. Despite the conservative twist to our country, regulation seems to be something we've been unable to reduce -- and I'm not a libertarian, I just know there's too much of it.
The FCC's approach in this one area has caused a blossoming of technology, new industries, and direct consumer benefits. Now we're telling the world about how to copy this success.
Now we're telling the world about how to copy this success.
This is basically nice and all. If only the U.S. of A. wouldn't at the same time try to convince the R. o. t. W. (Rest of the World) to copy their copyright and software patent foolishness...
Come to think about regulation and deregulation, the Media Lab Asia (www.medialabasia.org) that the article talks of in spearheading and "delicensing of the radio sprectrum" is dead because of regulation.