[BC] Mobile streaming - who needs IBOC?

[Mark Humphrey]

For sure -- unless the incumbents are voted out of Congress.

Maybe that's why the  telco lobbyists are pushing hard to get these
items on the agenda before November?  The M2Z Networks application
that I mentioned a few weeks ago could set a major precedent in favor
of cheap wireless access, if approved.

Mark

On 6/27/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
> At 08:58 AM 6/27/2006, Mark Humphrey wrote
> >Which leads to the question: What's to stop a "content provider" from
> >building their own high-speed network using unlicensed WiFi spectrum
> >and operating it under the traditional advertiser-supported model?
>
>          Lobbying from the telcos?
>          Likely, the pattern will be that as WiFi and
>          WiMax take root, suddenly ISP fees
>          will be raised, cell phone data rates
>          will be raised, and objections
>          will be raised to all unlicensed services.