Spectrum of Greed

According to initial hearings with Congress over the FCC’s sweeping new broadband plan, there is an immediate determination to take back at least 120Mhz of spectrum from television broadcasters and allocate it to mobile phone providers.  Apparently up to 500Mhz may be targeted within the next 10 years.  I don’t think that is going far enough.  Obviously the broadcasters are not taking this well.  Mobile data providers are pretty juiced though! (continue reading…)

As you surf the web looking for information on what is going on and why the US economy and our technological supremacy are eroding in front of our eyes, be aware that all is not as it seems.  From a big picture blog post defining Agnotology:

Stanford historian of Science Robert Proctor stated, “People always assume that if someone doesn’t know something, it’s because they haven’t paid attention or haven’t yet figured it out,” Proctor says. “But ignorance also comes from people literally suppressing truth—or drowning it out—or trying to make it so confusing that people stop caring about what’s true and what’s not.”  (emphasis added).-

Case in point:  today a press release was made by Connected Nation, a non-profit Washington organization.  (continue reading…)