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Current
spectrum auction regime seems designed in every respect to preclude
small, local, and independent carriers from winning exclusively
licensed spectrum
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Interference in Part
15 unlicensed "jungle" limits coverage and stability. Example: Wal-Mart
interferes with customers farther out... and even self-interferes!
- Use of 3650 MHz non-exclusively licensed spectrum
prohibited in many areas; elsewhere, only half the band is available
and no spectrum etiquettes in that half
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Internet bandwidth
unncessarily expensive in rural areas due to excessive "special access"
charges by ILECs and refusal to deal by nationwide backbones
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Anticompetitive
tactics by telco (and sometimes cable) incumbents -- these would be
further enabled by broadband mapping initiatives that revealed
competitors' proprietary information
- Threat of regulation of network mangement (e.g.
potential prohibition of caps or traffic prioritization) has spooked
investors
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