7/23/2010 PERMALINK
"Crisis" in wireless spectrum is a myth of the cell phone monopolists, time for an OpenFlow future, say top radio engineers. A Nation Science Foundation study found that only 5.2% of the wireless spectrum from 30 MHz to 3000 MHz was in use at any one time. So why all the dropped calls and high prices and cries of 'spectrum shortages' from the wireless monopolists? Because says a group of communication engineers, we're you are locked into the spectrum offered by a single cell phone carrier. The technology exists for smart devices that can seamlessly switch between any available spectrum so that 95% of the spectrum could be utilized instead of 5% and you could almost never suffer poor service. Engineers have set up OpenFlow to push forward the technologies that can free the spectrum to us all. All that is keeping this from happening is the efforts of those few that hold government granted monopolies over pieces of spectrum. Congressmen will continue going against the public interest to uphold these monopolies in return for huge kickbacks in the form of campaign donations, vacation conference trips, cushy jobs for wives and kids of Congressmen and lucrative lobbying gigs after Congressmen retire. This corruption must be overcome for us all to enjoy near perfect connectivity for a cornucopia of wonderful wireless devices at affordable costs. Demand that all spectrum be OpenFlow spectrum. Stanford University.