USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices (2012)

Re:USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices ... by PaulHoule on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:58PM (#26628086)

I'd rather the telephone industry spend $1 on hardware than see them spend $1 on license fees.

The story now is "$80 billion in license fees" and "$20 billion in hardware" and that seems the wrong way around -- when most folks play poker the stakes are supposed go up, not down.

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Re:USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices ... by freeone3000 on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:12PM (#26628241)

The money is made up! The FCC could sell spectrum for pennies, or give it away, or restrict access to The Right People, or wash their hands of it, or do another auction. They've done all of these things at various points. The license fees are made up.

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Re:USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices ... by bartvk on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:28AM (#26632017)

The way it's now done, will put the spectrum there, where there's the most value. However the result is that it's actually a tax which the consumer will indirectly pay.

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Re:USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices ... by krageon on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:06AM (#26634732)

> where there's the most value

It's where there is the most money, not value.

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