Ouch. Even I wasn't going to be THAT succinct..

-SSB

Ed Price wrote:

With the caveat that I think the FCC is about the most open example of
our Federal government, I have to point out that "due consideration" is
a real hoot. Oh sure, issues move along in their majestic dance through
the FCC's bureaucracy, but, after all the technical discussion has been
input, there's a big, heavy political thumb on the scales of justice.
Every FCC Commissioner is a political appointee, and they are all
professional administrators, without a trace of experience in
electromagnetics or communications theory. Each Commissioner has his own
philosophy that he tries to bend the FCC toward, with top-down influence
and an eye toward his next career step. To think that hot-button
political issues (internet access for everyone) and special interests
(what politician doesn't need money, if only to periodically fund his
re-election) don't guide the technical issues is to be willfully naive.

Shocking as this may be, Fractenna (and my dog) just might know more
about some aspects of electromagnetics than one or more of the FCC
Commissioners. OTOH, FCC Commissioners have more friends, dress better,
get more sex, and are far more wealthy and articulate than either.


Ed
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