Glenn Fleishman on 700MHz "Open Platform" FCC Requirements.

Glenn Fleishman has an excellent analysis of the recent 700MHz auction rules for "open platforms". For those of us who've been fighting for opening up access to the public airwaves, these rules offer a teeny-tiny baby step in the right direction. Unfortunately, there are loopholes large enough to drive the Titanic through, and even this incredibly modest proposal only covers a tiny section of one of the block of what is going to be auctioned. Meanwhile, as the analog TV frequencies are switched to their digital TV frequencies, we have (quite literally) a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open up the public airwaves that is being squandered at the altar of quick money (e.g., license auctions) while ignoring solutions that may maximize public utility.