Comments on: Sen. McCain’s Plan to Liberate the Broadcast Spectrum http://techliberation.com/2004/09/22/sen-mccains-plan-to-liberate-the-broadcast-spectrum/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 24 May 2012 10:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2004/09/22/sen-mccains-plan-to-liberate-the-broadcast-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-54431 James Gattuso Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:22:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/09/22/sen-mccains-plan-to-liberate-the-broadcast-spectrum/#comment-54431 <p>Adam -- just thought you should know that you are the apparent victim of identity theft. Someone is now using your name to advocate federal subsidies. I hope you find the perpetrator.<br><br>More seriously, I agree there is no clean way out of the DTV mess -- the FCC has dug a deep hole that it will be hard to get out of. But why do I think that after we spend $1 billion, the problem won't be solved? The bcasters may still find a reason not to return the spectrum, more money may be requested, lord knows what else. Perhaps I'm just in a defeatist mood. Or maybe I've read one too many papers from that Cato outfit on the problems with government spending. :)</p> Adam — just thought you should know that you are the apparent victim of identity theft. Someone is now using your name to advocate federal subsidies. I hope you find the perpetrator.

More seriously, I agree there is no clean way out of the DTV mess — the FCC has dug a deep hole that it will be hard to get out of. But why do I think that after we spend $1 billion, the problem won’t be solved? The bcasters may still find a reason not to return the spectrum, more money may be requested, lord knows what else. Perhaps I’m just in a defeatist mood. Or maybe I’ve read one too many papers from that Cato outfit on the problems with government spending. :)

]]> By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2004/09/22/sen-mccains-plan-to-liberate-the-broadcast-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-30677 James Gattuso Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:22:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/09/22/sen-mccains-plan-to-liberate-the-broadcast-spectrum/#comment-30677 <p>Adam -- just thought you should know that you are the apparent victim of identity theft. Someone is now using your name to advocate federal subsidies. I hope you find the perpetrator.</p> <p>More seriously, I agree there is no clean way out of the DTV mess -- the FCC has dug a deep hole that it will be hard to get out of. But why do I think that after we spend $1 billion, the problem won't be solved? The bcasters may still find a reason not to return the spectrum, more money may be requested, lord knows what else. Perhaps I'm just in a defeatist mood. Or maybe I've read one too many papers from that Cato outfit on the problems with government spending. :)</p> Adam — just thought you should know that you are the apparent victim of identity theft. Someone is now using your name to advocate federal subsidies. I hope you find the perpetrator.

More seriously, I agree there is no clean way out of the DTV mess — the FCC has dug a deep hole that it will be hard to get out of. But why do I think that after we spend $1 billion, the problem won’t be solved? The bcasters may still find a reason not to return the spectrum, more money may be requested, lord knows what else. Perhaps I’m just in a defeatist mood. Or maybe I’ve read one too many papers from that Cato outfit on the problems with government spending. :)

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