Some people have predicted that 440 will likely get usurped by corporate interests and 2 meters might also..
I am one who predicts this will happen, as will all part 90, broadcast and everything that isn't already pwned by the telecom cartels will be in the next 10-15 years.
One can deny the inevitable but it won't change the cold, hard facts. Fact is the corporations own our government. The telecom cartels were recently tasked by the current administration of making "broadband for everybody" a reality, among other race to waste projects (FirstNet for example).
The crunch to find usable radio spectrum is on. We are sitting on a gold mine, squatting, if you will.
1.) How do you feel about that?
Obviously I am not happy at all. Amateur radio and part 90 for that matter are the last bastions of independent (from the cartels) communications services available to the public.
2.) What do you intend to do about it?
One is to educate not only my fellow ham, but the general public, how this sucking up and fracking of our radio spectrum by the cartels is a BAD THING. It isn't just the ham bands that are at stake, you can add OTA TV to that mix too, and OTA radio. It is only a matter of time. The T-band takeback and clearing of OTA TV channels in the 600 and 700MHz bands for sale to the cartels is proof of this. I am sounding the alarm NOW while there is a sliver of hope left.
3.) What will you do if/when we lose it?
Don't honestly know. We could be rogues, but the cartels will come down on us with their iron corporate fists and use their government shills (the FCC) to ruin our lives. Or nothing. Can't honestly say until that day comes.
Government radio location services are the primary users. Also, along the Canadian border the band is also restricted. Given that the US Government is the primary and active user of the band, its not going to be usurped by anyone.
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Your forgetting the fact that NTIA can easily (under congressional order) release/re-purpose the spectrum at any time, just as congress did with the T-band take back of 2012.
You can rest assured the powerful telecom cartel lobby has more buying power in congress than you are giving them credit for.
Do not think for a minute that "these bands are safe because the government is the primary user". The T-band takeback is a precedent that has been set, and once the cartels can show their congress shills they WANT more spectrum and WILL PAY DEARLY for it, they will get it.
Watch and see.