Whats changed that now makes Open Spectrum plausible?
Technology has evolved since the Titanic went down. The laws and policies in existence today address limitations of the technology of the early 1900’s. Interference — which we’ve treated as as law of nature — is an artifact of the way radio were designed 100 years ago. If interference isn’t an issue, then the reasons we started to license spectrum become irrelevant. In fact, the core premise that has undergirded our spectrum policy has dissolved: There is no scarcity of spectrum. It does not need to be doled out. On the contrary, there is an abundance of spectrum. Our current policies prevent us from benefiting from this abundance.
