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Today's Senate Hearing on Analog Spectrum Repurposing Criticized For Lack Of Public Interest Speakers

June 14, 2007

David Isenberg, who writes about issues related to the intersection of law and technology, reports on the 700 MHz tv analog spectrum repurpose hearing being held in the U.S. Senate beginning at 10 a.m. today.

The hearing will be held by the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee.

Isenberg has a big problem with the hearings. He doesn't think the public's interest is being adequately represented.

"While there are several good people testifying (most notably Phil Weiser, from University of Colorado, Paul Cosgrove, NYC's Commissioner of IT and Telecom, and Jim Barksdale, Reed Hundt's partner in Frontline Wireless) there will be NOBODY representing the public's interest in putting one or two channels into Part 15 (or similar) to capitalize on what we've learned from the unprecedentedly awesome success of Wi-Fi," Isenbereg writes.

Not tha the hasn't tried to make that happen. Isenberg says he "wrote to Senate Commerce staffer James Assey to recommend that Harold Feld testify (check his
blog posting on 700 MHz), but I'd also be very happy to see J.H. Snider or Michael Calabrese from the New America Foundation, Tim Wu (Columbia Law School), David P. Reed (HP and MIT Media Lab) or any of a number of public spirited spokespeople who know a lot about the uses of spectrum. None of these people will be heard unless the agenda, announced today changes. The facts the Committee learns have already been selected."

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