Maybe this is a paradigm shift at the FCC where they are realizing that the telecom cartels are getting too thirsty. Yeah right. The cartels spend more money on lobbyists in a month than many of us make in 10 years.
While I applaud this ridiculous deadline being eliminated, this is the tip of the iceberg. As far as the UHF "T-band takeback" remember this was a congressional act passed by the corporate owned congress who are just doing what their constituents (in the case the telecom cartels) are asking them to do.
I am hoping the next administration will realize we need a "radio spectrum protection act" that will put a stop to these out of control telecom cartels wanting every single MHz of spectrum from DC to daylight for their use. Yes, mobile broadband is important. But so is public safety, business land mobile, broadcast radio and TV, amateur, marine, and even part 15 for that matter.
But why isn't the FCC DEMANDING that the cartels invest in developing narrowband broadband technology rather than just giving them wide swaths of spectrum at their bequest every single time they ask for it? If they are going to demand that part 90 licensees become more "spectrally efficient" and force narrowbanding on everyone,and broadcasters "consolidate space and share carriers through virtual channels" than why shouldn't the same standard be thrust upon what are becoming some of the largest occupiers of radio spectrum in the UHF band, the cartels themselves?
It's time for an FCC that has ALL radio spectrum users' needs protected, not just those with the deepest pockets. Public safety radio isn't the only one who score to lose if this corporate bribery at the Federal level does not stop.