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Daily Democracy
Ryan Blethen discusses the press, media and democracy. Daily Democracy is part of the Democracy Papers, a series of articles, essays and editorial opinion examining threats to our freedoms of speech and the press.
January 24, 2008 12:39 PM
700MHz auction
Posted by Ryan Blethen
Here is a link to an editorial in today's Seattle Times. The edit is about the 700MHz auction that begins today.
An obscure issue that is very important to the future of U.S. communications. If done right, the cable and telephone companies that dominate broadband could have a competitor. Done wrong, and the cablecom giant will swallow the spectrum, and any chance of a competitive broadband market.
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