Antonia Mogg: The government doesn't care at all how clear your television picture is - what you're missing the fact that the radio spectrum is effectively property. You can't really have dis-separate services running on the same frequency without a high risk of interference. It is in fact a safety and welfare situation when you consider some services (say, air traffic control, military systems, etc) have to be able to run without said interference.It's also a complete logistical nightmare to have unrelated industries competing trying to settle on standards. And if left alone, we could risk total monopolies on all things wireless.The spectrum is 100% allocated. Analog TV takes up a pretty big chunk of it, and it's almost totally unused. If we want new/better/faster WiFi or 3G services we need a place for them.If the Government didn't reclaim the space, it would be in court for decades. That would hinder the free market and technological innovation. AFAIK Verizon an! d Google (among others) were planning on bidding on parts of it. They have some pretty ambitious plans... for next-gen devices....Show more
Rosella Figliola: Yes you are missing something...The FCC - a governmental entity - needs the bandwidth for other purposes.
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