Student Proposal: Getting Interference? Tell It to the Judge!
After 81 years, the FCC has still not fulfilled its congressional mandate to "prevent interference between stations."… Continue Reading
Mitchell Lazarus Says Thanks
[Blogmeister’s Note: Our colleague, collaborator, frequent CommLawBlog contributor and, most importantly, friend, Mitchell Lazarus, has asked us to post the following item. It doesn’t address any of the subjects we usually cover here, but s...
On the 76-81 GHz Screen: More Radar, Less Amateur?
FCC proposes increased radar uses of the band, to the possible detriment of radio astronomers and amateur radio. Just ten years ago, the upper reaches of the millimeter wave bands – the “nosebleed” spectrum – were mostly empty. ...
Don’t Look Now, But the FCC Took Your Broadband Away
New definition denies “broadband” service to millions of Americans. The FCC has taken broadband away from millions of American households. Sure, their connections still work fine. Their speed is unchanged. But the service all those...
FCC Imagines 10 Gb/s 5G Mobile Service Using 24+ GHz
The limitations that make frequencies over 24 GHz unsuitable for mobile use may not be limitations after all. Engineers are never satisfied. Even when “4G” mobile service was still a new idea, the engineers had begun thinking ahead to what ...
FCC Rethinks Wireless Microphones
The steady shrinkage of the TV bands is forcing the FCC to look elsewhere for wireless microphone spectrum. Having inadvertently threatened a key industry with extinction, the FCC is now trying to reactivate it. We see wireless microphones used on TV s...
Regulating the Internet “Like a Utility” Won’t Yield an Open Internet – Unless …
Simply imposing Title II won’t work. [Blogmeister’s Reminder: The views here are those of the author, not necessarily shared by FHH colleagues and clients. Responses are welcome.] Many of the three million (or so) comments in the net neutra...