August 17, 2004
A delay in the white space proceeding?
The comment deadline is approaching in the important FCC proceeding to open up the un-used "white spaces" around broadcast licenses. Last week, however, a technical advisory committee of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) filed a request for a six-month extension of the comment period.
I filed an opposition, as did Intel.
A bit of extra time for technical analysis and industry negotiation isn't a terrible idea, given how hard it is to get things done over the summer months. Half a year, however, seemed totally excessive. There is momentum behind this proceeding, and interested parties are working on the comments they will file in about two weeks. Putting off the comments until next year, when there will likely be a completely new FCC membership, risks derailing the whole proceeding.
Posted by Kevin Werbach at 03:26 PM